Author:Michelle West

Legal name
msagara.livejournal.com/36337.html is a blog post about this author's name. In summary:
 * She was born as Michelle Michiko Sagara
 * She was first published as Michelle Sagara
 * She married Thomas West but decided to keep using Michelle Sagara though many people used Michelle West or Mrs. West with her.
 * When she wrote Hunter's Oath she decided to use Michelle West.
 * BenBella Books reprinted the Michelle Sagara titles as Michelle Sagara West. This was a compromise choice as Michelle wanted the books published as Michelle Sagara while the publisher preferred Michelle West as Bookscan data was available to show sales under that name.