Authors’ names. What is entered in each section is the author’s name as it appears on the cover of the book concerned. It is usually the name (or pseudonym) by which the author is known as a writer. In such cases, the author’s personal or full name will follow within square brackets (eg, Kon, S. [Stella] and Woon, Walter C. M. [Cheong Ming]). However, as Chinese surnames traditionally appear first, and in the West, surnames appear last (especially in works published in the West), and it is not always clear when rendered in English which is the surname, the author is listed by surname for consistency, while the name which appears on the book cover is given within square brackets (eg, Ho, Minfong [Minfong Ho]; Tan, Hwee Hwee [Hwee Hwee Tan]) and Yew, Chay [Chay Yew]). But when an author omits his surname altogether, he is listed according to the first letter of the name on the book cover (eg, Yen Chung [Chong, Yen Chung]). A note will inform the reader (if the information is available) whether the author also writes under another name or pseudonym (eg, that Joash Moo (listed as Moo, Joash) also writes under the name, Moo Z. Y. [Zun Yong].
