Charles Mossop was born in Britain in 1944 and moved to Canada with his family in 1952. Returning to Britain in 1959, he completed his secondary education and went to work in the accounting offices of a large manufacturing firm just outside London. He worked there for one year which weas long enough to convince him he did not wish to pursue a career in that line fo work, and he returned to Canada in late 1963 and enroled as a freshman at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He obtained Bacheor and Master degrees at UBC, taught there for one summer session and then in 1970 took up a position as Instructor in Anthropology and Asian Studies at a newly establush community college in Kamloops, British Columbia.
In 1965, Charles was diagnosed with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy, a genetic disease causing progressive loss of sight from the central vision outwards. With no treatments available, by 1977 he was unable to read normal-sized print and since then has relied on optical and video magnifiers, and since 1990, screen magnification software for computers. Undaunted by his disabi;ity, he remained at the college for thirty years (to the day) rteiring from his position as Executive Director for International Education in 2000.
Always an avid reader of fiction, first using normal books, then large print and now audiobooks, Charles began writing historical fiction when he retired and has since published numerous articles, short stories and a novel (Jade Hunter, Double Dragon Publishing, 2007). His latest novel, The Devil At My Heels, will appear in June, 2011, from MuseItUp Publishing.
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