Charlene Carr studied literature at university, attaining both a BA and MA in English, including a study program at Oxford. She then attained a degree in Journalism and, after travelling the globe for several years and working an array of mostly writing related jobs, 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, sold to HarperCollins Canada and three international publishers. It was shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award and has been optioned for adaptation to the screen. Charlene received grants from Arts Nova Scotia and Canada Council for the Arts for her most recent novel, We Rip The World Apart. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with her husband and young daughters.
