Use the photo I've attached of me. Create my author photo for the back flap of my {{genre}} book, the kind a publisher's photographer would take. Keep my face, features, skin tone, hairstyle and expression recognizably mine; don't slim, smooth, de-age or reshape me. Relaxed and approachable, looking into the lens, with a hint of the tone of my books: warmer and brighter for light, playful stories, moodier and more shadowed for dark or serious ones. Setting: a quiet, lived-in place that suits a writer, such as a study with bookshelves, a window seat or an old garden wall, kept soft and out of focus. Natural window light from one side, 85mm lens at f/2, head and shoulders, with a little space above the head. Subtle, natural color that will also hold up if the publisher prints it in black and white. No text, logos or watermarks. Format: vertical, 4:5.