Jamie Carr An agent with The Book Group (see other agents at this agency). About 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. This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 90 days, assume your submission will not be accepted. Country United States AI Policy Human-created work only; no AI use allowed Statistics Synopsis Slower Jamie Carr's overall average response time is slower than most agents. Collapse section Fiction Open In fiction, she’s drawn to stories about navigating mid-thirties and forties marriage/divorce, motherhood, and complicated friendship. She likes a book with big biting humor or big twisy suspense to also have heart. She’s especially a sucker for a multi-POV story and an atmospheric setting. On the whole, 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. While born and raised in New York City, she prefers stories set in other areas of the country.Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: GeneralLengths: NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Collapse section Nonfiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. 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Learn more about the statistics. Filter: Category: All Categories Fiction Nonfiction Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 7 reports from 7 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Days Reported 98 min | 135.3 mean avg | 103.0 median | 272 max days (69.8 std dev) Pending 2 responses are pending (52 min | 178.0 mean avg | 178.0 median | 304 max days waiting | 709.1 std dev) from 2 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days Other Information The agent will try to make a decision within 90 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 90 days.) This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted. 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