Civil litigation lawyer turned writer/actor/vocalist, Tina Isaacs has published numerous short stories, including achieving Runner-Up for the DK Dutt Memorial Award for Literary Excellence 2015, and being featured in the Short Story Collection of the 2015 SciFi Film Festival in Parramatta, Australia. Recent publications include “Last Farewell” in Fixi Novo’s 2020 anthology using experimental writing techniques, an erotic horror story “Pontianak” in the international anthology “Under Her Black Wings: Women Monsters” and an multi-POV story “Confluence” in Anak Sastra literary magazine.

As a private practice litigation lawyer since 2001, Tina is a registered Arbitrator and Construction Dispute Adjudicator, and specialises in the area of General Civil Litigation, Commercial Law, Construction Disputes, Intellectual Property Law and Employment Law.

This arts education activist is founder of the online Malaysian Writers Community (est. 2014) and Society (est. 2016), which helps over 7,500 writers, poets, editors, bloggers and literary translators from Malaysia by providing advocacy and support in their craft development and publishing activities. 

Tina also served as Editor for the Malaysian Bar magazine Praxis (2010-2013) and was an Acquisitions Editor at the Malaysian branch of an International publishing house (2016-2018).  

With qualifications in Law and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Fiction), Tina is presently working both as an Advocate & Solicitor (Attorney at Law) in Malaysia while teaching creative writing, editing and writing fiction in her free time.  Find out more at www.tina-isaacs.com