Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Jewish middle-class parents of Austrian descent, Queenie (née … See more

After graduating from Columbia University with B.A. and M.A. degrees (English, Comparative Literature) in 1970, he moved to Paris where, among other jobs, he tried to earn a living translating French literature. After return… See more

"Over the past twenty-five years", wrote Michael Dirda in The New York Review of Books in 2008, "Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature". Dirda extolled his virtues in … See more

Auster’s first marriage was to the writer Lydia Davis in 1974. They had one child together, their son Daniel Auster. By 1979 they were separated and were divorced in 1981. In 1981, Auster married his second wife, writer … See more

• 1989 Prix France Culture de Littérature Étrangère
• 1990 Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
• 1991 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist for The Music of Chance … See more

• Squeeze Play (1984) (written under pseudonym Paul Benjamin)
• The New York Trilogy (1987) ISBN 9780140169638
• In the Country of Last Things (1987)… See more

• In 1993, a movie adaptation of The Music of Chance was released. Auster features in a cameo role at the end of the film.
• In 1994 City of Glass was adapted as a graphic novel by artist David Mazzucchelli and Paul Karasik. … See more