Jamie Carr

About the Agent

Jamie Carr joined The Book Group in January 2020. A senior agent at TBG, she champions award-winning debuts, commercial book club fiction, and expert-driven nonfiction at the forefront of culture. Her titles have been chosen as Indie Next, Target Book Club, and Book of the Month picks. She’s also had books featured on NPR’s Best Books of the Year list, GMA (Buzzworthy segment), USA TODAY’s Bestseller List. Her books have been a finalist for the National Book Award and Lambda Literary Awards, to name just a few. Previous to TBG, she was at William Morris Endeavor for five years. She has an MFA in fiction writing and began her publishing journey in the books department of Tin House. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two sons. Jamie represents novelists, journalists, and experts in culture, food, sobriety, finance, millennial and Jewish issues, and more.

Represented authors

• Jenessa Abrams
• Nishant Batsha
• Rachel Broderick
• Cassie Chambers
• Tracy Clark-Flory
• Chloe Cole
• Susie Dumond
• Mike Lala
• Melissa Larsen
• Kristen Martin
• Victoria Savanh
• Sophia Shalmiyev
• Rainesford Stauffer
• Sara Sutter
• Noor Tagouri
• Lukas Tallent