[2] She completed her master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in 2013.
[2][1] Hislop's collection of short stories, Ruin, was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2023.
[2] Hislop has said that the stories "changed significantly" over the ten years between her master's course and publication, but that "the glimmer of truth always stayed the same".
[5] In 2023 Hislop successfully sought crowd-funding to support her work on her planned first novel, and spoke to the Taranaki Daily News to advocate for a universal basic income for artists.
[2] The category convenor said that Hislop's stories demonstrated an "artful control of situation, character, and language to examine the fallout of painful events which largely occur off stage" and that Hislop is a "striking new voice" in New Zealand literature.