Heather Carr (Agent)
REGISTER FOR HEATHER CARR (Registration open now for members; 9/22 for everyone)
Heather represents award-winning and bestselling fiction and nonfiction for adults. Originally from the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York. After working as an assistant at Trident Media Group, she joined The Friedrich Agency in March of 2018. Heather has wide-ranging tastes and seeks to represent writers who are also driven by curiosity and discovery, whether through formal inventiveness in fiction or through rigorous investigative journalism. She’s seeking literary fiction and high-concept commercial fiction, including that which dabbles in the surreal and suspenseful. She doesn’t shy away from the fantastical in literary and upmarket fiction, and she particularly enjoys when genre elements are used to explore the places where language fails us. In nonfiction she’s looking for intersectional, voice-driven, narrative projects, and her areas of interest include science, nature, social justice, and culture. Her goal is to build a list that reflects a full range of perspectives from here in the US and around the globe, as most of what she learned of her own history and that of this country comes from a life of reading. She’s passionate about working towards a brighter and more inclusive publishing industry so that all who want to can see themselves thriving in this business.
Heather Carr's Availability During Manuscript Mart Fall 2025:
- Thursday, November 13: 10:00–7:00
- Friday, November 14: 10:00–7:00
Please register with Heather Carr ONLY if you can be available within the time windows above.
Zoom Meetings with Heather will be scheduled within these time periods (all EDT), but are subject to change. If Heather must make a change to this schedule, we will arrange a mutually agreeable Zoom time outside of Manuscript Mart Week.
What I'm Looking For
I'm always looking for literary fiction with a clear hook that surprises me or subverts genre in some way. In nonfiction, I'm eager for narrative, reported projects by an expert in their field.
Sample Titles or Authors
O Sinners! - Nicole Cuffy
Four Mothers - Abigail Leonard
Nymph - Sofia Montrone (forthcoming)
Specializes In / Will Consider
Specializes In/Will Consider:
FICTION: Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, LGBTQIA+, Literary Fiction, Horror, Multi-Cultural/Global Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense
Heather also represents MEMOIR and NONFICTION.