Background
Charles D'Ambrosio was born in 1958. He was the son of Charles D'Ambrosio, Sr, a professor of finance at the University of Washington, D'Ambrosio grew up with two brothers and four sisters in Seattle, Washington.
Charles D'Ambrosio was born in 1958. He was the son of Charles D'Ambrosio, Sr, a professor of finance at the University of Washington, D'Ambrosio grew up with two brothers and four sisters in Seattle, Washington.
Charles attended Oberlin College and graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he is currently on faculty.
D'Ambrosio was on the faculty of Portland State University's MFA Program in Creative Writing, and has also been a visiting instructor at the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop and the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.
In 2005 Charles married writer and musician Heather Larimer; the two divorced in 2008.