Ali Isaac lives in Ireland with her husband, two sons, and daughter, Carys. She graduated from Maynooth University as a (very) mature student in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts First Class Honours degree in English and History, with a Special Interest in Irish Cultural Heritage. She followed this with a Master of Arts First Class Honours degree in English Literatures of Engagement.

Her writing has been published in The Stinging Fly, Sonder, Paper Lanterns, and Catatonic Daughters. Ali was selected for the Penguin Write Now Program 2020. She was awarded a mentorship with author Sara Baume from Words Ireland and The Arts Council of Ireland. She was also the recipient of a Literature Bursary Award from The Arts Council of Ireland. Her first book, Imperfect Bodies, is published by Heloise Press (March 2026).

Ali writes on Substack at H A G. 

A deeply moving and thought-provoking memoir, Imperfect Bodies celebrates resilience and redefines what it means to live - and love - within a body that defies expectation.

‘So beautifully written, such an honest and raw account, a scrupulous interrogation of perceptions and attitudes towards disability in the modern world.’ – Sara Baume

‘Imperfect Bodies is a gorgeous memoir, a portrait of a profoundly loving relationship between mother and daughter that manages at once to serve as a meditation on 'disability' and the relationship to the self.’ – Oona Frawley

‘Imperfect Bodies brilliantly tells the compelling story of a mother falling in love with her beautiful daughter.’ – Moynagh Sullivan