Charles Ambrose is a visual artist and writer. He was born in Essex, England and lived in Montreal, Canada for twenty years, returning to London in the mid 1970's. Ambrose studied photography, film, and fine art and has worked as a photographer, film animator, cameraman and video editor. In parallel with his art practice, Ambrose has had an academic career, latterly as an art historian and writer. He lives in South East London with his wife and step-daughter. “The Grandfather Paradox” is Charles Ambroses' first work of fiction.  His second novel, "The Eighth Image", is due to be published by Troubador in October 2026.