Auster, Paul

The Life and Death of Daniel Auster, a Son of Literary Brooklyn

In a Brooklyn subway station one April morning, as commuters waited for a G train, a 44-year-old man named Daniel Auster was found unconscious on a platform after a drug overdose. He was brought to the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he died six days later, after being taken off life support. A D.J. and photographer […]

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Son of Author Paul Auster Charged in Fatal Overdose of Baby Daughter

A 10-month-old girl in Brooklyn died from an overdose of fentanyl and heroin, and her 44-year-old father, Daniel Auster — son of the famous novelist Paul Auster — was charged in her death. The girl, Ruby Auster, was found unconscious on Nov. 1 at a home on Bergen Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was […]

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