Question: Which novelist's name, Nevil Shute or Bernard Malamud, was a pen name to distance his writing from his career in engineering?
Sentence (from "Nevil Shute"): He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included "On the Beach" and "A Town Like Alice".
Relevant evidence: Yes