Some online publishers request an author photo. Most who do make it optional, but some are insistent. I just had a story rejected by an editor who demanded that authors must submit photos.
Why?
Many people (not just writers) prefer not to have photos of themselves circulating on the Internet. Writers may be using pen names, and may prefer not to expose themselves to employers and neighbors.
Author photos don't magically make a piece of writing better or worse. As a reader, I have my own mental image of the characters in a story, and the author's mug shot isn't going to improve that.
The good news for this editor is that he will never know what he's missing. And I don't think that matters to him at all.
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