About Isabel Cowles Murphy
About Isabel Cowles Murphy
Hi! I’m Isabel.
I’m an NYC domestic violence prosecutor turned literary novelist with four boys, ages two to twelve. I write about nature, culture, the family politic & devotional ambition. I am especially interested in ritual, rootedness and mystery—I want to stay human in the age of the machine.
I try to live by this line of poetry:
“For us, there is only the trying.