Paul Auster

Paul Auster is the author of numerous novels, screenplays, and works of nonfiction, as well as a poet, translator, and film director. His many critically acclaimed novels include The Book of Illusions, Timbuktu, Oracle Night, Leviathan, The Music of Chance, and City of Glass. Auster's ability to blur the line between fantasy and reality has resulted in unique stories that never operate solely as good yarns. His fondness for allegory has earned him much praise. He lives in Brooklyn, New York,...See more

Paul Auster is the author of numerous novels, screenplays, and works of nonfiction, as well as a poet, translator, and film director. His many critically acclaimed novels include The Book of Illusions, Timbuktu, Oracle Night, Leviathan, The Music of Chance, and City of Glass. Auster's ability to blur the line between fantasy and reality has resulted in unique stories that never operate solely as good yarns. His fondness for allegory has earned him much praise. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, author Siri Hustvedt. See less