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Richard Bachman (Stephen King's pseudonym)
At the beginning of Stephen King's career, the general view among publishers was such that an author was limited to a book every year at the utmost; any more, it was felt, was not acceptable to the public. King therefore wanted to write under another name in order to double his production. He convinced his publisher, Signet Books, to print these novels under a pseudonym. The originally selected pseudonym was Gus Pillsbury; but at the last moment King changed it to "Richard Bachman" in tribute to crime author Donald E. Westlake's long-running pseudonym Richard Stark. The name Stark was used in King's novel The Dark Half, a novel about an author with a pseudonym. The surname was in honour of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, a rock and roll band King was listening to at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bachman
As for Mark Twain, it stands for "two fathoms." It was a Mississippi River boating term used to convey the water depth was safe.
(at least thats what i remember from school many moons ago)
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), but I don't know why Mark Twain is Mark Twain 
