Gio Iozzi

I was born in east London to an English teacher and Italian shoe designer. After studying at Leyton Sixth Form College, I studied Drama & English at Bristol University. Afterwards I worked variously as a teacher in Milan, in children’s publishing and in tabloid journalism, writing tv features.

Whilst living in San Francisco, I developed a love for the short story form and enrolled on the Creative Writing MA at Goldsmiths University in London where I won the Pat Kavanagh Prize for my fiction. I’ve published short stories in numerous places - most recently ‘22 Fictions’ (2025) a book of fantastic stories published by Desperate Literature as well as being Highly Commended in the Bath Short Story Prize. Check out a small selection of my stories here. This year I completed my PhD at Goldsmiths with an essay exploring disgust in the early work of Elena Ferrante. I teach creative writing workshops for the dept and also for the wonderful Writing Room.

For art lovers like me, please see my paintings page.

Contact

For enquires about teaching and mentoring, literary enquiries or to commission a painting please email: vanna.iozzi@gmail.com