Hello there! My name is Charles-Adam Foster-Simard, and I’m a writer, reader, communications specialist, and educator.

I’m originally from Montréal, Canada, where I completed a B.A. Honours in English Literature and was the recipient of the Lionel Shapiro Award in Creative Writing. I then completed an MFA in Creative Writing (class of 2014) at the University of British Columbia, where my thesis was a novel set in Montréal, about three brothers who become involved in a violent undercover movement for the independence of Québec. For this project, I was the recipient of a SSHRC ( Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) grant from the Government of Canada.

Since then, I’ve continued to write novels, especially historical fiction, and I’ve worked in the fields of corporate communications and education. Most recently, I was part of the Global Communications team at Ubisoft, a video game company, where I advised the CEO and other execs on their communications strategies, wrote lots of emails and speeches, produced videos and livestreams, and even wrote and hosted my own podcast, Game Makers / The Tenth Art.

I love spending abroad and discovering new places. I’ve lived in Bristol, the San Francisco Bay Area, Cairo, Paris, and now Phnom Penh, where I support my spouse’s career, take care of my two-year-old son, and write during naps. I’m passionate about literature, and I also love good food–both cooking and eating it–and wine. I blog infrequently about these topics here.