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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. Yrsa fuses poetry with theatre, music, and storytelling and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She also co-wrote Black Is King, Beyonce's musical film and visual album. Her popular Substack newsletter 'The Utter' goes out to tens of thousands of subscribers weekly. She splits her time between London, Los Angeles and New York.
A fantastic, shimmering work. Ysra Daley-Ward's rich exploration of Black womanhood and familial complexities is a must read. * Irenosen Okojie * 'Totally original, entirely compelling and astonishingly well crafted, The Catch solidifies Yrsa Daley-Ward as one of Britain's best and boldest voices. A dark and lyrical debut that's well worth the wait.' * Yomi Adegoke * ""The Catch is a wonderfully dark, twisty collision of complicated sister-love, grief, and memory. With prose that is lyrical and electric, Yrsa Daley-Ward takes her characters through a journey where absence and longing remake reality in haunting and beautiful ways. This is a wildly inventive debut."" * Essie Chambers, author of Swift River * ""An inventive novel about family from a risk-taking writer. Daley-Ward explores the tension between the twins beautifully... The novel ends with a genuine shock, but it’s earned—it’s a surprising conclusion to a beautifully written and structured book. Elegant and unpredictable in the best possible way."" * Kirkus Reviews *
