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How to pronounce author names starting with P

Author Pronunciations

40 last names beginning with "P"

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Per Petterson
PEHR
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Feffer (pfeffer means pepper in German)
Andrew X.. Pham
last name is pronounced 'fam'
Jo Piazza
pee-AH-zuh
Jodi Picoult
pee-coh
Tamora Pierce
first name rhymes with camera
Leslie Pietrzyk
PEE-trick
Mary Pipher
PIE-fur
Philip Plait
playt
Adam Plantinga
PLAN-tin-guh
Annie Proulx
Proo (rhymes with new)
Alex Prud'Homme
proo-dom
Stephen Puleo
POO-lay-oh
Mario Puzo
MA-rio POO-zoh
Thomas Pynchon
PIN-chawn
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