Charlene Carr

Charlene Carr is a Canadian writer based in Nova Scotia. Carr's novel We Rip the World Apart was the winner of the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction at the Atlantic Book Awards in 2025.

Biography Carr was raised in Toronto as the youngest of four children, and is based in Nova Scotia. She graduated from Crandall University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, followed by Dalhousie University with a Master of Arts in English, and finally the University of King's College with a Bachelor of Journalism.

Carr's first novel with a major publisher, Hold my Girl (2023) was variously published by HarperCollins, Sourcebooks Landmark, and Welbeck Publishing. The book was shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award, and was an Amazon Editor's pick for best literature and fiction. Hold my Girl was also optioned for a television adaptation in 2022 by the production company Blink49 Studios. Following the release of Hold my Girl, Carr was listed amongst "6 Black Canadian writers to watch" by CBC Books in February 2023.

In 2025, Carr's novel We Rip the World Apart (2024) was the winner of the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction at the Atlantic Book Awards.

Publications

Recognition Atlantic Book Awards: Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction (2025)