Ah-vee
Teachingbooks.net has a feature that plays audio clips of various authors saying their own names. He is on there. :)
The author Avi's pen name is pronounced "AH-vee."
Avi.
Avi is the pseudonym of Edward Irving Wortis, a children's book author.
Avi. His real name is Edward Irving Wortis. Avi is just his pen name.
It's by Avi, but his real name is Edward Irving Wortis. Avi is his pen name.
Car-lous pen-uh
Avi is the pen name of the author Edward Irving Wortis. He was born in New York City, New York and currently still resides there.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead was written by Avi, and first published by Hyperion in 2002. Avi is the pen name of Edward Irving Wortis.
A pseudonym used by a writer is called a 'nom de plume'.
Pen names are used by individual authors to publish their works anonymously or under a different identity. You cannot buy a pen name like "Souffle" as it is a creative alias chosen by an author for their personal use and branding.
Edward Irving Wortis adopted the pen name AVI by taking the first two letters of his first and last names. This pseudonym allowed him to distinguish his writing for children from his other works.
pen ros
As of my last update, Edward Irving Wortis, known by his pen name Avi, is alive. He is a prolific author of children's and young adult books.