Isabelle Shifrin's literary fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review and The Masters Review. Her flash fiction was long-listed for a Fish Publishing (Ireland) contest, and short-listed for a Fractured Lit contest. A flash fiction piece won second place in a Boise Weekly flash fiction contest. Her nonfiction has appeared in Newsday, The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Boise Weekly and The Idaho Statesman.

She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a recent attendee of The Iowa Writers Workshop, Summer Session. She is a two-time recipient of an Alexa Rose grant.