Hi! I’m a writer from Sydney, Australia. 

My work has appeared in The Nation, The Times Literary Supplement, New Left Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, HEAT Journal and elsewhere. 

I’m a current recipient of the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship and the University of Melbourne’s Lockie Fellowship. 

I’m an incoming MFA candidate at NYU, and currently at work on a collection of essays and my first novel. 

Recent writing:
ʿFrom Sunshine to Darkness’ - On Charmian Clift’s The End of The Morning for The Times Literary Supplement
ʿGraceful Nightmares’ - On Caroline Blackwood’s The Stepdaughter and The Fate of Mary Rose for The Nation
ʿMiss Carousel’ - A short story for Heat Journal
ʿAlienated Domesticity’ - On Helen Garner’s The Children’s Bach for The Nation
ʿResonances’ - On Carla Lonzi’s Feminism in Revolt for New Left Review
ʿLife’s Work’ - On the possibilities of the diary, for HEAT Journal

You can contact me at isabellatrimboli@gmail.com, or my agent Alexandra Christie at Curtis Brown: alexandra@curtisbrown.com.au

Painting: Look, It Flies! by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1946)