Paul Auster and Alex Preston

Paul Auster is the bestselling author of The New York Trilogy, The Invention of Solitude, Mr Vertigo, The Book of Illusions and Sunset Park, among many other works. His most recent novel, 4321, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Alex Preston is the prizewinning author of four novels, including the forthcoming Winchelsea, and several books of nonfiction. He writes and reviews for the Observer, the Telegraph and the New York Times.