Lucy Marie Abel Smith FSA (née Knox) is a British author, historian, arts administrator, and tourism businesswoman.
She is the founder of the Fresh Air Sculpture exhibition, the Reality & Beyond tourism agency, and the Transylvania Book Festival.
[2] Abel Smith and her husband David live in Grade II-listed Quenington Old Rectory, where in 1992 they opened Fresh Air Sculpture, a biennial open-air sculpture exhibition at the rectory's garden.
[5] In June 2013, her open-air library, as part of the 2013 edition, was featured on The Daily Telegraph; inspired by medieval dovecotes, the library features art by Romanian local artist Ion Constantinescu, and ceramicist Carol McNicoll, textile artist Donna Wilson.
[3] In 2013, she founded the Transylvania Book Festival in Richiș, a village in Sibiu County, Romania.