Charles Belfoure was born on February 19,1954 and is an American writer, architect and historian specializing in historic preservation, author of several histories and fiction works, including The New York Times best-selling novel The Paris Architect.
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Charles Belfoure was born in 1954 as the son of Charles William Belfoure, a second class yeoman of the US Navy, who was in service during World War II, Korean and Vietnam War, and Polish immigrant Kristine Vetulani, a celebrated translator, teacher and activist.
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Charles Belfoure grew up in Woodlawn, the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, and attended the Woodlawn High School.
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Charles Belfoure taught at Pratt Institute and at the Goucher College in Baltimore, and has been a freelance contributor to The New York Times and The Baltimore Sun.
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Charles Belfoure published several architectural histories and was a recipient of a Graham Foundation national grant for architectural research.
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Publishers Weekly praised the work, pointing out that "Charles Belfoure holds together each and every thread of the novel, resulting in a most memorable, evocative read".
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In 2018, Charles Belfoure announced that he has been working on his fourth novel.
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Charles Belfoure uses his architectural background to develop the plot of his novels.
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Charles Belfoure said that he never took creative writing lessons and that he "hesitated writing fiction", but discovered that John Grisham, who was never trained in writing, has been using his legal background for his fiction works.
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Charles Belfoure decided to use his knowledge in the field of architecture in a similar way.