THE THINKERS

I was really amused at the photographs in the Oct. 17 Book Review section. Ron Chernow, William Gibson and Richard Reeves--all with contemplative hands to heads. A photographer’s idea of how writers should look? Gibson and Chernow are probably contemplating nothing more rousing than a haircut, and Reeves undoubted can’t remember where he put his keys!

FRANCES HALPERN, MONTECITO