Charles D'Ambrosio

Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr. (born 1958) is an American short story writer and essayist, raised in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of short story collections The Point (1995, PEN/Hemingway finalist) and The Dead Fish Museum (2006, PEN/Faulkner finalist, Washington State Book Award), and essay collections Orphans (2005) and Loitering (2014). His work has appeared in The New Yorker and earned him a Whiting Award, Lannan Fellowship, and other honors.com