I Don't Know How Much This Would Have Bothered Me

Why is someone else in my book's author photo?

For my eighth book, in a foreign edition, after some of the dreadful author photos I've had taken? I think this would probably have rolled off my back.

If you can tolerate picking through the nasty comments, there are a few interesting ones from readers who say that, for them, author photos don't provide a connection to the author, a concern for the author of the essay.