# Citing the notes of an author, included in an afterword written by someone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citing-the-notes-of-an-author-included-in-an-afterword-written-by-someone-else/375884 "2006-10-10T02:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citing-the-notes-of-an-author-included-in-an-afterword-written-by-someone-else/375884/1 "2006-10-10T02:31:18Z")
I’m writing an essay on a book. I’d like to make use of a point the author made in his notes, which are included in the book’s afterword (though the afterword was written by someone else). I’m doing the cites parenthetically, and I’d like it to be clear that the source of the point is the book’s author, and not the afterword’s. How do I do this? ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citing-the-notes-of-an-author-included-in-an-afterword-written-by-someone-else/375884/2 "2006-10-10T02:32:49Z")
I guess what I’m really asking is: how do I parenthetically cite Person A’s quote of Person B while making it clear that the quote came from Person B? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citing-the-notes-of-an-author-included-in-an-afterword-written-by-someone-else/375884/3 "2006-10-10T04:14:56Z")
(Exapno Mapcase, as quoted in “Afterward” by Absolute in Exapno Mapcase’s GQ Questions for Dummies.)