Auslander was born and raised in Monsey, and attended high school at the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy in Manhattan. He lived in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Auslander has published a collection of short stories, Beware of God (March 2006) and a memoir, Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir (October 2007). His work, often confronting his Orthodox Jewish background, has been featured on Public Radio International's This American Life and in The New Yorker. He was a finalist for the 2003—2004 Koret Jewish Book Award for "Young Writer on Jewish Themes."

Auslander is married with one child, and currently resides in Woodstock, New York.

Books

• A Memoir ( audiobook)
• Beware of God: Stories (2005)

Short stories/magazine articles

• The New Yorker (January 15, 2007) ( audiobook)
• " Nip it, bud", as appeared in Men's Health (June 2008)
• Article on The Guardian of 2008-07-30
• Article on The Guardian of 2008-09-22

Radio interviews/readings

• Fresh Air with Terry Gross, interview from 2007-10-08
• "Israelis in America", an episode from the Podcast The Notebook