Carrie was lucky enough to find her way to agenting quickly after moving to New York City. (There was a brief stint in the Rolling Stone Art & Photo Department and a similarly brief career at a rare book and archive bookstore.) After 16 years working at Russell & Volkening with the esteemed Timothy Seldes, she and her colleagues opened HG Literary in 2011 (then called HSG). Carrie specializes in children’s books but also represents a select, limited list of adult books.
Some of her children’s book clients include: #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Vashti Harrison (BIG, winner of a Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Award, National Book Award Finalist – Little, Brown, 2023; LITTLE LEADERS: BOLD WOMEN IN BLACK HISTORY – Little, Brown, 2017; SULWE by Lupita Nyong’o, winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award – Simon & Schuster, 2019). The #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein (The LEMONCELLO Series – Penguin Random House; The MAX EINSTEIN Series with James Patterson; THE SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE – Penguin Random House, 2020). Author/illustrator and two time Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winner Jonathan Fenske (BARNACLE IS BORED – Scholastic, 2016; NOTHING FITS A DINOSAUR - Simon Spotlight, 2021; A UNICORN, A DINOSAUR, AND A SHARK WALK INTO A BOOK - Penguin Workshop, 2023). Author/illustrator and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winner Jennifer Morris (MAY I PLEASE HAVE A COOKIE? – Scholastic; FLUBBY IS NOT A GOOD PET – Penguin Workshop, 2019). And New York Times bestselling YA fantasy author Laurie Forest (THE BLACK WITCH Chronicles – Inkyard Press, 2017-2025) and Indie bestselling YA fantasy author Leslie Vedder (THE BONE SPINDLE series – Razorbill Books, 2022-2024).
Among Carrie’s adult clients are Ian Rosenberg, director and Emmy-nominated producer (THE FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH – NYU Press, 2021) and David Keplinger, an Emily Dickinson Award-winning poet (ICE - Milkweed Editions, 2023).