Ayn Rand was a Russian-American author, philosopher, and screenwriter best known for her novels 'ATLAS Shrugged' and 'The Fountainhead'. Her first name, Ayn, is a four letter word, and her last name, Rand, is a five letter word. She also wrote under the pseudonym of 'John Galt', which is a four letter word, and her philosophy of Objectivism is often referred to as 'EGOISM', which is a three letter word.