British novelist, short story writer, and anthology editor Christopher
Priest should not be confused with
James Owsley, the American comic book
writer who legally changed his name to Christopher James Priest (aka
Christopher J. Priest, C. J. Priest, or simply Priest). Unfortunately,
the two have been confused by consumers - who buy works by one,
expecting the works to have been created by the other. In a November
2004 interview, the "real" Priest showed some anger about this
confusion, saying he thought it "a bit bleeding irritating to have my
name pinched by another writer," and made an open plea to DC Comics,
Inc.: "If Jim must use a pseudonym, why doesn't he pick a really silly
one, like, say,
Harlan Ellison?".
