Sophie Auster (born July 6, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authorsPaul Auster andSiri Hustvedt.

Sophie Auster was born inBrooklyn, New York City, the daughter of authorsPaul Auster andSiri Hustvedt.^[1]

At the age of eight, Auster began studying music and classical voice. A year later, at the age of nine, she was cast in theAgnieszka Holland filmWashington Square starringJennifer Jason Leigh,Albert Finney,Maggie Smith andBen Chaplin. After her early professional experiences, Sophie began acting lessons at theLee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.^{[citation needed]} As a teenager, Auster performed jazz standards at local New York clubs and was a member of an off-Broadway troupe atThe Gene Frankel Theater in downtown Manhattan.

Auster was sixteen when she recorded her first record. The album was a collaboration between her and Brooklyn-based musiciansMichael Hearst andJoshua Camp of the musical duoOne Ring Zero. Using her writer father, Paul Auster's, early translations of French Surrealist poets, along with two original lyrics written by Auster herself, the poetic lines ofTristan Tzara,Paul Eluard,Robert Desnos,Philippe Soupault andGuillaume Apollinaire became songs set to music by Hearst and Camp.^[2][3][4]

The collaboration began as a side project Auster pursued after school and on weekends. It was never intended for wide public consumption, but when a family friend heard the album, she was so impressed that she offered to release it on the French labelNaïve Records.^{[citation needed]} Her subsequent self-titled album isSophie Auster.

In July 2006, Auster was on the cover of the Spanish issue ofRolling Stone magazine. In 2007, Auster began writing with writer/musicianBarry Reynolds. The two have collaborated on many songs. After graduating fromSarah Lawrence College in 2010, Auster began recording again. Her self-produced E.P.,Red Weather, was released November 13, 2012, through Lost Colony Music. Auster's full-length LP,Dogs and Men, was released in June 2015 viaSony Red. In 2016 Sophie was a grand prize recipient inThe John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Little Bird". In October 2017, Sophie won theCosmopolitan Magazine singer of the year award in Spain. She appeared on the cover ofCosmopolitan Magazine's, Spanish edition, in the March 2018 music issue.

In 2016, Auster began work on her last full length album,Next Time, with producerTore Johansson. Introduced by fellow songwriter,Nicole Atkins, Sophie packed her bags and left to record her album with Johansson inMalmo, Sweden. Johansson and Auster, alongside musician and producer assistant,Martin Gjerstadd worked for months recording and mixing the album. After shopping the completed album around for over a year to different labels, Sophie was then signed to a recording and publishing contract withBMG Music worldwide, andNext Time was released in April 2019. Sophie toured the album extensively around Europe and the United States. She subsequently opened forRock and Roll Hall of Fame inducteeBryan Ferry in the summer of 2019. The lead single, "Mexico", fromNext Time will be featured in the upcomingJohn Turturro filmThe Jesus Rolls. The film had its world premiere at The Rome Film Festival on October 16, 2019. It was scheduled to be released on February 28, 2020, byScreen Media Films. The film starsSusan Sarandon,Bobby Cannavale,Audrey Tautou,Pete Davidson, andChristopher Walken.

After touring, Auster went back into the studio with Brooklyn-based producerDaniel Schlett. Together they created a more progressive pop sound for the indie singer. In November 2019, the two song EP entitledHistory Happens at Night was released viaBMG Music. An accompanying music video for the single "If I Could" followed, featuringtrans activist and actress, Jari Jones, andAre You the One? MTV alum, Basit Shittu. The video, premiered onV Magazine's website in November 2019, is directed by Auster's photographer husband, Spencer Ostrander, and cinematographer, Theodore King. She continues working on new music inNew York City.

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