Jamie Carr, Senior AGENT
Jamie Carr joined The Book Group in January 2020 as an agent. Prior, she worked in the literary department of William Morris Endeavor for almost six years where she championed New York Times bestsellers, award winning titles, and groundbreaking debuts. Born and raised in Lower Manhattan, she has an MFA in fiction writing and began her career in the books department of Tin House.
Jamie represents novelists, journalists, and experts in culture, food, sobriety, finance, millennial and Jewish issues, and more. Most interested in adult literary and upmarket commercial women’s fiction and narrative nonfiction, she is drawn to writing that is voice-driven, highly transporting, from unique perspectives and marginalized voices, and that seeks to disrupt or reframe what appears to be known.
For Jamie’s most up-to-date wishlist, please click here.
A few books I loved reading in my free time... Counterfeit by Kristen Chen, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, Listen for the Lie by Amy Tinterra,Shmutz by Felicia Berliner, You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith, Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi, and Stay True by Hua Hsu.