David Hale Smith

David Hale Smith

InkWell Management
Likely Open
USA
Updated: 8/27/2025

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David Hale Smith began his publishing career after graduating from Kenyon College and ran his own literary agency in Texas before joining InkWell in 2011.

He represents commercial fiction and nonfiction, develops projects from concept to finished book, and is active in selling film and television rights for his clients.

He lives in Dallas, Texas and commutes to New York.

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