Abby Walters

An agent with David Black Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Abby Walters joined the David Black Literary Agency in 2026 after nearly a decade of experience in book publishing and talent representation at Creative Artists Agency. Since her promotion to literary agent in 2020, her authors have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists and received Read with Jenna, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Indie Next picks, as well as starred reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.
Raised in Cleveland, Abby earned her B.A. in English from Miami University of Ohio where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She is also a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course. Abby works closely with authors at every stage of the publishing process, as informed by prior experience in editorial, marketing and publicity, and film and television adaptation and loves to discover and champion talent early. She currently lives in Brooklyn and is a voracious consumer of culture in all its forms.

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At David Black, Abby is focused on representing upmarket and literary fiction and is most interested in novels that privilege voice and psychological depth. She is especially eager for character-driven narratives centered on flawed, searching people at moments of rupture — the burgeoning or aftermath of love, the reckoning of ambition, the slow unraveling of identity. She is interested in novels that feel intimate and precise, but that open outward: stories rooted in interiority that nonetheless speak to larger social, cultural, or moral questions or hot-button issues. She is particularly compelled by books that examine desire, power, class, addiction, creativity, and self-mythologizing and appreciates a strong sense of place (especially settings outside of the United States) and narrative momentum. She is also drawn to women’s fiction that is either witty and confident or soapy with a compelling scandal at the center.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Women's Fiction

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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3 responses are pending (36 min | 106.7 mean avg | 117.0 median | 167 max days waiting | 70.8 std dev) from 3 different members

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The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 23:18 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Gary Morris
Susan Raihofer

Ellen Scott CLOSED
Sarah Smith
Mark Tavani
Joy Tutela
Anna Zinchuk CLOSED

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2026

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