Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan. 14, 2013

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JM Carr

Biography

J.M. Carr lives in Southampton UK with her partner and technical support, a collie called Cindy a goldfish called Melbourne and whoever needs a place to stay at the time. She has four grown children of whom she's immensely proud. She's been a teacher and a community worker and now writes fiction, usually with younger protagonists. She has won and runnered-up in various competitions for her writing.

Smashwords Interview

What is your e-reading device of choice?
I like my kindle - it feels more booky than my phone!
What book marketing techniques have been most effective for you?
I'm only just getting to grips with digital marketing. When I first published pre-Covid in 2019, i had a launch party for 50 + people in my local Indy, i was on the radio and gave out free copies to local schools and libraries and booked visits. I was out there! But since the lockdowns, book selling in the person to person way I love has become much harder - well impossible. However, I absolutely believe in my story, love my characters and very much hope readers of all ages will too. The best marketing tool to sell a book is to write another one. Which I have - and it's coming soon.
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Where to find JM Carr online

Website: https://www.jmcarr.com/
Twitter: @jancarr
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: https://www.jmcarr.com/blog

Where to buy in print

https://www.jmcarr.com/shop

Books

The Wonder Girls Resist by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,010. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical, Fiction » Young adult or teen » War
A cast of thousands, despicable villains and an unexpected reunion with disastrous consequences! ENGLAND 1937: 4000 child refugees from Spain arrive at Southampton Docks. All is well, except for a suspicious teacher who wants to billet some of the refugees at Nettlefield orphanage. whatever he's doing, the Nettlefield Blackshirts are in on it ...
Spare by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 59,720. Language: English. Published: June 20, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues
How do you survive when your only purpose is to give your life to others ...bit by bit? A near future YA, which imagines a future without the NHS where one huge corporation sells everything.
The Wonder Girls by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 71,290. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical, Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / Europe
England 1936: Hitler's supporters, The Blackshirts, are marching – can a renegade gang of misfit girls stop them their tracks? Unlikely friends, despicable villains, and deadly peril – ‘The Wonder Girls’ is a kick-ass historical adventure with kindness, inclusion and hope at its heart. “The Wonder Girls is a real winner of a book.” Georgina Lippiet, in-common.co.uk

JM Carr's tag cloud

1930s    1930s england    1930s europe    1930s fiction    antifascist    child refugees    donor children    donor sibling    dystopian    feminist    friendship    hope    hopeful    hopeful ending    kids mystery    living donor    near future    refugees    spanish civil war    strong female lead    teen dystopian    war refugees    world war 2    worldwar two    ww2 historical    ya dystopian    ya friendship    ya friendships    young feminist