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Author Charlene Carr secures two-book deal

Named 'Writer to Watch' by CBC Books, Charlene Carr (BA'09) continues to be recognized for her most recent books, Hold My Girl (2023) and We Rip the World Apart (2024).

Posted: September 15, 2024

Carr holds up one of her books with a bookshelf in the background.

Named 'Writer to Watch' by CBC Books, English alum Charlene Carr (BA'09) has secured two two-book deals for her novels Hold My Girl (2023) and We Rip the World Apart (2024). Hold My Girl was also an Amazon Editor's pick, Amazon Best Books of the Month, Publisher's Marketplace Buzz Book, was shortlisted for both the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award, and has been optioned for adaptation to the screen by Blink49 Studios in partnership with Groundswell Productions. 

Carr with a stack of her current book, Hold My Girl in a bookstore.