A big thank you to everyone who took part in the latest Faber & Faber Paul Auster competition. Sara and I were extremely impressed at the standard of all the entries. Below you will see the answers to all ten questions of the 'Knowledge' section of the competition and then the entries to the 'Creative' section. The winner is announced at the bottom of the page.

Knowledge

Questions	Answers
What is Auster's middle name?	Benjamin
In which novel would you find the character Kitty Wu?	Moon Palace
Which baseball team does Auster support?	The Mets
Name the first four colours/characters mentioned in 'Ghosts'?	Blue, White, Black & Brown
At which venue did Auster recently read all of 'Oracle Night'?	Paula Cooper Gallery in NY
Where would you find Mother Sue and Aesop?	Mr Vertigo
Which book does Auster class as 'my favorite novel of all time'?	Don Quixote
Which novel ends with 'I live with that hope'?	The Book of Illusions
Who was Auster's first wife?	Lydia Davis
In what year was 'The Music of Chance' first published?	1990

Creative

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Mathilde Salvert

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Andrew Carr

Oracle Night Interview by Michael Jan
Three Steps by Joan Vanden Heuvel
Fanshawe's Vial Shop by S G Hardy

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Vsevolod Vosledov

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Soren Hellerung

Results

In reverse order...

...Ed Marks with 0 points, (0 creative, 0 knowledge)...Floria Volynskaya with 5 points, (0 creative, 5 knowledge)...Joan Vanden Heuvel with 9 points, (9 creative, 0 knowledge)...Vsevolod Vosledov with 15 points, (7 creative, 8 knowledge)...S G Hardy with 19 points, (9 creative, 10 knowledge)...Michael Jan with 19 points, (9 creative, 10 knowledge)...Søren Hellerung with 19 points, (9 creative, 10 knowledge)...Mathilde Salvert with 19 points, (10 creative, 9 knowledge)...

...and the winner is...Andrew Carr with the full 20 points...many congratulations Andrew...a copy of 'The Book of Illusions', 'Oracle Night' and 'Collected Prose' provided by Faber and Faber is on its way to you. Well done!!