Charlene Carr studied literature at university, attaining both a BA and MA in English, including a study program at Oxford. 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 both 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 to write and revise her most recent novel, We Rip The World Apart, and is working on her next novel. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with her husband and young daughters.