I am a writer and former lawyer based in Sydney. My nationality is Australian-Italian, but I have lived in many countries, including Italy, the Netherlands, the UK, South Korea, and Brunei. 

I write fiction and non-fiction. Essays, short stories and criticism have appeared in The Believer, The Stinging Fly, 3:AM Magazine, Australian Book Review, Meanjin, Right Now, Griffith Review, Review 31 and elsewhere. In non-fiction, I am interested in criticism of literature, writing about memory and lineage, and writing about food. My writing is also driven by my interest in the rights of the human and non-human worlds. I built this interest while working as a research assistant to international human rights lawyer, Professor Hilary Charlesworth, at Australian National University. 

My current projects are a collection of short stories, What is Promised, and a novel, The Curdling. On the side, I write food reviews and the occasional essay, such as this essay for Vittles magazine on racist representations of food at the Australian border.  In recent years I have also been a Visiting Fellow at the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, and taught law to first year undergraduate students at ANU College of Law. 

I have a BA in Italian Studies and an LLB from the University of Sydney, and a MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, granted under full scholarship. In 2022 my short story ‘The Baby’ was shortlisted for The Stinging Fly / FBA Fiction Prize. In 2022 I also co-founded and co-ran (with Alice Grundy) Capital Letters, a literary readings night based in the ACT at Drill Hall Gallery. My work has been supported by artsACT. The photo used on this page was taken by my friend Sophie in Taormina, Sicily.

I have been the recipient of both formal and informal mentoring and am a strong supporter of writers helping each other. If you would like to reach out for mentoring, advice or just to say hi, my email address is jacinta.mulders[at]gmail.com