I'm the invisible writer

In a way, I agree that writers should be invisible, to an extent at least. When J. K. Rowling wrote The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, she said, "It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name." In a way, I believe it is good for critically-acclaimed authors to do this so then we can see how the readers react to different authors instead of authors as industry. There would have been a much bigger reaction had Rowling not used an alias, but by being invisible, you can test how decent your writing actually is.

Likewise, with Lee Child (which is really his pen name), he is able to lead a relatively quiet life outside of literary fiction with his real name being Jim Grant. Unless people in the street recognised his face, there's no reason why he should have hoards of people coming up to him and praising his skill and endeavours. By being invisible, as it were, in the public eye, Grant can go about quite happily, normal life in one hand and a semi-celebrity life in the other.

Equally, if I mention Daniel Handler, you wouldn’t necessarily know to whom I was referring to. Maybe an old school acquaintance or something; however, Daniel Handler is none other than our very own Lemony Snicket, who has an entire life as a fictional character, giving Handler privacy under this fanciful façade. I believe writers should be invisible if they can do so.