Why authors shouldn’t hide behind their websites

I’ve lost count of the number of author and writer websites I visit that have no visible means of contacting the author. In some cases it’s almost as if the person, or persons, behind the site want to remain invisible and don’t want to court opportunity.

When I’ve come across people who admit to such a state of affairs my question is always ‘why?’ Why bother going to the trouble of creating a public body of work if you don’t want to be acknowledged for it?

After all, you never know when opportun...