Charlene Carr
BIO
Biography

Charlene Carr studied literature at university, attaining both a BA and MA in English, including a study program at Oxford. She attained a degree in Journalism and, after travelling the globe for several years and working an array of mostly writing related jobs, she decided the time had come to focus exclusively on her true love – novel writing.

She has independently published nine novels and her first agented novel, Hold My Girl, has sold to HarperCollins Canada, Welbeck Publishing (UK), Sourcebooks Landmark (US), and Alma Littera (Lithuania) and is set for adaptation to TV by Blink49 Studios in partnership with Groundswell Productions. She has received grants from Arts Nova Scotia and Canada Council for the Arts to write and revise her next novel.

ADDRESS
City: Dartmouth, Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
EMAIL
GENRE
Upmarket and Women's Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
When Comes the Joy
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2014
Title
Where There Is Life
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2014
Title
By What We Love
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2015
Title
Forever In My Heart
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2015
Title
Whispers of Hope
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2016
Title
Before I Knew You: A Novella
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2016
Title
Behind Our Lives
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2016
Title
What We See
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2017
Title
The Stories We Tell
Publisher
Coastal Lines
Year
2017
Title
Hold My Girl
Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Year
2023
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