# Paul Auster—an independent reader's resource

> Independent and unofficial. Not affiliated with Paul Auster's estate or his publishers.
> Editorial content is published under the byline Thomas James, a pen name.

Paul Auster (3 February 1947 – 30 April 2024) was an American novelist, memoirist,
screenwriter and translator. This site is a reference record of his works, his life
and the adaptations of his writing.

## Works
- [The New York Trilogy](https://paulauster.com/books/the-new-york-trilogy)—1987, Faber and Faber
- [City of Glass](https://paulauster.com/books/city-of-glass)—1985, Sun & Moon Press
- [Ghosts](https://paulauster.com/books/ghosts)—1986, Sun & Moon Press
- [The Locked Room](https://paulauster.com/books/the-locked-room)—1986, Sun & Moon Press

## Sections
- [The Works](https://paulauster.com/books)—one page per work, plus chapter guides, characters, themes and endings
- [The Life](https://paulauster.com/life)—biography, timeline, family, sourced to the record
- [Screen & Sound](https://paulauster.com/screen)—films he wrote or directed, and the adaptations
- [Reading Auster](https://paulauster.com/reading)—where to start, books in order, what to read next
- [Auster Studies](https://paulauster.com/studies)—style, influences, motifs, interviews, criticism

## Citation
Quotations from Auster's work are capped at fifteen per title and always name the
work they come from. Biographical claims about living people are sourced.