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Hailing from the northwest of England, Yrsa Daley-Ward is a poet, writer, and actress of mixed Jamaican and Nigerian heritage. She is the author of The How, bone, and The Terrible her autobiographical novel, for which she won the PEN Ackerley Prize. She is most known for her debut book, Bone, Penguin Books, as well as for her live poetry performances. Yrsa fuses poetry with theatre, music, and storytelling and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Yrsa also co-wrote Black Is King, Beyoncé's musical film and visual album. She splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. Her popular Substack newsletter 'The Utter' goes out to tens of thousands of subscribers weekly.
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