[9][10] The Joyce Girl was a Reader Pick in The Guardian 2016 and was one of ten books selected for presentation at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, where it was given Five Stars by the Hollywood Reporter.
[11] The Joyce Girl was published in the UK, Ireland, Australia,[12][13] New Zealand,[14] Germany, Turkey,[15] Spain, South America, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia.
[20] Abbs’ first non-fiction book, The Age-Well Project, co-written with, Susan Saunders, was published by Piatkus in May 2019 and serialised in The Daily Mail and The Guardian.
[21][22] Abbs has written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Irish Times, Tatler, The Author, Sydney Morning Herald, The Weekend Australian Review, Psychologies and Elle Magazine.
[25][failed verification] Her 2021 novel The Language of Food, about poet Eliza Acton, was optioned for a television adaptation by Stampede Ventures and CBS Studios.