Yrsa Daley-Ward is an author, actor and screenwriter.
Hailing from the north-west of England, Yrsa draws heavy inspiration from her experiences and larger issues affecting our behaviour, quality of life, and love. Yrsa interweaves each discipline to fuse poetry with theatre, music, and storytelling and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She is most known for her debut book, Bone, Penguin Books as well as for her live poetry performances. Her autobiographical novel, The Terrible, was published in 2018 by Penguin, and in 2019 it won the PEN/Ackerley Prize.
Her newest book ‘The How,’ was published on November 2nd, 2021. Yrsa also co-wrote Black Is King, Beyoncé's musical film and visual album. Her work has appeared in many publications worldwide, including Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Harpers Bazaar, Dazed and Notion.
picture by Andres De Lara
