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Yrsa Daley-Ward

1989–

United Kingdom

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Yrsa Daley-Ward (born 1989) is an English writer, model and actor. She is known for her debut book, Bone, as well as for her spoken-word poetry, and for being an "Instagram poet". Her memoir, The Terrible, was published in 2018, and in 2019 it won the PEN/Ackerley Prize.

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