Author Photos: A Taxonomy | Literary Hub

NB: I did my best to use only actual author photos (i.e. used on their books or in other official capacities) and not just photos of authors (i.e. taken by journalists or their moms), but I may have been tricked here and there. Sometimes moms are really great photographers.

NB II: Trends in author photos change year by year, and the same author may participate in many author photo trends over the course of their career. So none of the photos here should be considered as definitive photos of any particular author.

NB III: I did not include a category for what I like to call %u201Cnormal%u201D author photos, which are just pictures of the authors. You know what those look like, and they are fine, but not very interesting.