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Lucy Van Smit
Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Lucy van Smit is a novelist, non-fiction writer, speaker, television documentary maker and fine artist.
She worked worldwide for NBC News and Canadian Broadcasting, making author documentaries on Ian McEwan, John Le Carré, Martin Amis, and Nadine Gordimer.
Finally, Lucy listened to the small voice she’d heard since childhood, saying she was a writer. Her debut The Hurting won the inaugural Bath Children’s Novel Award and was published by Barry Cunningham, Chicken House Books, when she turned sixty.
Her non-fiction builds on her passion for creativity and the inner life of writers. A Writer’s Journal Workbook (Bloomsbury, 2022) became an instant word-of-mouth bestseller, helping thousands of authors overcome anxiety and writer’s block. Her forthcoming book The Creative Heart (Bloomsbury, 2026) is her most ambitious work: part-guided journal, part creative-nonfiction that takes its theme — Know Yourself — from the psychological to the soul level.
Drawing on thirty-five years of studying spirituality, Lucy shows why in an era of AI, there's never been a more vital time to be a writer—-to write with depth, courage, and conscience.
Lucy speaks regularly at festivals, including the London Screenwriter’s Festival, and runs popular workshops for writers seeking resilience, inspiration, and joy in their work.
Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Lucy van Smit is a novelist, non-fiction writer, speaker, television documentary maker and fine artist.
She worked worldwide for NBC News and Canadian Broadcasting, making author documentaries on Ian McEwan, John Le Carré, Martin Amis, and Nadine Gordimer.
Finally, Lucy listened to the small voice she’d heard since childhood, saying she was a writer. Her debut The Hurting won the inaugural Bath Children’s Novel Award and was published by Barry Cunningham, Chicken House Books, when she turned sixty.
Her non-fiction builds on her passion for creativity and the inner life of writers. A Writer’s Journal Workbook (Bloomsbury, 2022) became an instant word-of-mouth bestseller, helping thousands of authors overcome anxiety and writer’s block. Her forthcoming book The Creative Heart (Bloomsbury, 2026) is her most ambitious work: part-guided journal, part creative-nonfiction that takes its theme — Know Yourself — from the psychological to the soul level.
Drawing on thirty-five years of studying spirituality, Lucy shows why in an era of AI, there's never been a more vital time to be a writer—-to write with depth, courage, and conscience.
Lucy speaks regularly at festivals, including the London Screenwriter’s Festival, and runs popular workshops for writers seeking resilience, inspiration, and joy in their work.
