Claudia Talbot, also known by her pseudonym Giselle Linder, is an Australian-born poet and actress currently based in Paris, France. Her debut poetry collection, “City Gothic”, was released by indie publisher Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing in September 2023, and was followed by a second collection, titled “Are You Having a Good Time Yet?”, on March 6th 2025. Her work has also been included in various publications, such as Querencia Press, Imperfect Zine, Version Originale and Bread and Butter Magazine. Since moving to Paris she has graduated from the Cours Florent school of theatre and performed in Alchemy Theatre’s productions of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” and Hannah Coyle’s adaptation of Chekov’s “Three Sisters”, as well as featuring in their recent Tapis Theatre scratch night with a self-devised horror monologue. She is heavily inspired by confessional poetry of the 50s and 60s, gothic literature and Old Hollywood films. She can be found on instagram as @lawdymsclawdy.