Isabel Sterling is an American author of young adult fiction built around queer characters and magic. They studied at Purchase College and Syracuse University and worked for a decade in higher education and LGBTQ non-profits before writing full time.
Their debut, These Witches Don't Burn (2019), was a Junior Library Guild selection and appeared on the ALA Rainbow List; it was followed by This Coven Won't Break, This Spell Can't Last and The Coldest Touch. Their first adult novel, With All My Haunted Heart, is due from Berkley in 2026.
Sterling also hosts The Author Burnout Cure podcast and lives in central New York.
