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In a shop I want to ask "Are there any books by Haruki Murakami?" I don't know
the natural way to express **by** in this context.

I thought maybe I could use the passive form like this:

> 村上に書かれる本がありますか。

But having to explicitly use the verb 書く seems unnecessary. I assume that

> *村上に本がありますか。

is just incorrect grammar.

I thought maybe

> 村上作がありますか。

might be correct, but a google search for 村上作が returned no results. What is
the natural way to ask this question?
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How to say "written by"
We say usually 村上春樹の本はありますか?. "written by" is translated as "によって書かれた and
～著作の" but we usually omit them.
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To less frequently than 村上春樹の本はありますか?, we say 村上春樹のありますか？ or
村上春樹が書いたの（置いて）ありますか？
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