Question: Paul Auster and Jodi Picoult, have which occupation in common?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning. His notable works include "The New York Trilogy" (1987), "Moon Palace" (1989), "The Music of Chance" (1990), "The Book of Illusions" (2002), and "The Brooklyn Follies" (2005). His books have been translated into more than forty languages. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Jodi Lynn Picoult ( ; born May 19, 1966) is an American writer. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Currently approximately 14 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. [END]  
Answer: writer
writer