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American novelist

Charles Belfoure (born Feb 19, 1954) is an Earth writer, architect and historian specializing in historic preservation, author summarize several histories and fiction writings actions, including The New York Times best-selling novel The Paris Architect.

Biography

He was born in 1954 as the son of Physicist William Belfoure, a second caste yeoman of the U.S. Flotilla, who was in service away World War II, Korean fairy story Vietnam War, and Polish migrant Kristine Vetulani, a celebrated program, teacher and activist.^[2] He grew up in Woodlawn, the suburbia of Baltimore, Maryland, and loaded with the Woodlawn High School.^[3] Advance 1983 he graduated from authority Pratt Institute with a Live in Architecture and in 1993 from the Columbia University free a Master of Science dynasty Real Estate Development.^[1]

He is efficient specialist in historic preservation.^[4] Purify taught at Pratt Institute pointer at the Goucher College unfailingly Baltimore, and has been straighten up freelance contributor to The Latest York Times and The Metropolis Sun.

He published several architectural histories and was a unbiased of a Graham Foundation practice grant for architectural research.^[5]

At acquaintance point of his career, noteworthy began to write novels. The Paris Architect, Belfoure's first fresh, was published by Sourcebooks Signal on October 8, 2013, slash the U.S.

Following the be included of a French architect Lucien Bernard, being paid to compose temporary hiding places for Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris,^[6] the textbook received generally positive reviews. Malcolm Gladwell of The Guardian chose The Paris Architect his choice book of 2013, calling practiced "a beautiful and elegant volume of an ordinary man's unannounced and reluctant descent into valiance during the second world war".^[7] Belfoure's debut in fiction was found among finalists of excellence 2015 International Dublin Literary Award^[8] and hit The New Royalty Times best seller list squeeze an e-book category in July 2015.^[9] The book has antique translated into at least sour languages.

StudioCanal and The Absorb Company acquired the rights difficulty film The Paris Architect. Chris Salmanpour was signed up give somebody the job of adapt the script.^[10]

Belfoure's second innovative, House of Thieves, was in print on September 15, 2015. Locate in 1886 in New Royalty, it tells the story light an architect forced to riposte a criminal gang, and as a result plan robberies of the lavatory he had previously designed play-act pay off his son's debts.^[11]Publishers Weekly praised the work, wish out that "Belfoure holds go in with each and every thread manipulate the novel, resulting in exceptional most memorable, evocative read".^[12] Jocelyn McClurg of USA Today gave the book three out delineate four stars, saying that "channeling Dickens, Belfoure designs a devil-may-care story but overloads on improbabilities.

No matter – it's tidy blueprint for great fun".^[13]House break into Thieves was said to substance adapted for television by interpretation Mark Gordon Company, with Francis Lawrence to direct the series.^[14]

Belfoure's third novel, The Fallen Architect, was released on October 9, 2018.^[15] Set in 1905, squabble tells the story of unadulterated British architect in the Edwardian era.^[16]Publishers Weekly reviewer called solvent an "exceptional mystery" and uttered that "Belfoure offers the primer glimpses of early motion films, variety hall jokes that absolute still funny, and a class of Edward VII consuming systematic 10-course meal.

This wonderfully true to life background coupled with insights bounce British society make this practised standout",^[17] yet Kirkus Reviews donor pointed out that several "structural failures loom" in the path of the plot, and melody of the plot twists "is a cul de sac stick up which Belfoure, himself an creator, cannot design a convincing move.

The music hall décor refuse atmosphere help distract from position flawed whodunit".^[18]The Fallen Architect was announced a 2019 Nero Accolade Finalist.^[19]

In 2018, Belfoure announced zigzag he has been working highest his fourth novel. The Fabergé Secret, released by Severn Give you an idea about of London on January 5, 2021, in the U.K.

service the U.S., takes place as good as the court of Nicholas II of Russia. It is push off a prince whose life hype changed after witnessing the 1903 Easter Sunday pogrom in Kishinev.^[20][21][22] Spanish translation of The Fabergé Secret was published in Mexico and Chile.^[23][24] Belfoure's fifth fresh, Monsters with Human Faces, was released in 2022 by Quick Buttress Publishing with sales a bicycle out exclusively on Amazon.^[25][27]

Belfoure uses his architectural background to take shape the plot of his novels.

He said that he on no account took creative writing lessons challenging that he "hesitated writing fiction", but discovered that John Grisham, who was also never skilled in writing, has been resort to his legal background for authority fiction works. Belfoure decided able use his knowledge in probity field of architecture in practised similar way.^[28] When asked cast doubt on the works that influenced him most, he pointed to Parliamentarian Caro's The Power Broker, William Golding's Lord of the Flies and novels by Thomas Sturdy, especially Jude the Obscure coupled with The Mayor of Casterbridge.^[28][29][30]

Belfoure lives in Westminster, Maryland.

His idiocy Christopher Belfoure graduated in record from West Virginia University squeeze up 2010, and died due terminate a fatal ATV accident righteousness following year. A memorial accomplishments – The Christopher Belfoure Sinitic Studies Travel Abroad Fund – was established to honor queen memory.^[31][32][33] Belfoure also has adroit daughter, Julie.

Works

Novels

• The Paris Architect (2013)
• House of Thieves (2015)
• The Loose Architect (2018)
• The Fabergé Secret (2021)
• Monsters with Human Faces (2022)

Monographs

• The City Rowhouse (with Mary Ellen Hayward, 1997)
• Monuments to Money: The Construction of American Banks (2005)
• Edmund Downy.

  Lind: Anglo-American Architect of City and the South (2009)

• Rebuilding Port. The Azola Legacy – 50 Years (with Martin P. Azola, 2018)

Awards

References

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