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Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Preston, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Ebooks, Gay and Lesbian

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Yrsa Daley-Ward is a writer and poet of mixed West Indian and West African heritage. Born to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father, Yrsa was raised by her devout Seventh Day Adventist grandparents in the small town of Chorley in the North of England. Her first collection of stories 'On Snakes and Other Stories' was published by 3:AM Press.
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"This is the last week my poetry collection bone and salt and nejma by Nayyirah Waheed will be on..."

“This is the last week my poetry collection bone and salt and nejma by Nayyirah Waheed will be on sale for kindle for 0.99 over on Amazon (for kindle and kindle app for most smart mobile devices) Sale ends on the 31st!”

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Published on August 27, 2014 12:53

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Yrsa Daley-Ward’s books

Average rating: 4.08 · 15,145 ratings · 1,825 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	bone 4.14 avg rating — 8,432 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author), Jackie Morris (Goodreads Author), Yrsa Daley-Ward (Narrator) 4.47 avg rating — 5,501 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 4,142 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself 4.21 avg rating — 1,103 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Catch 3.28 avg rating — 1,382 ratings — published 2025 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Snakes & Other Stories 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constellation: Anthology I by Various, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jesh de Rox 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Yrsa Daley-Ward (?)

“Self expression is a tricky
thing. Just as you start to feel
comfortable with yourself after years
of not, you then have to justify
yourself to other people.”
― Yrsa Daley-Ward, bone

tags: self-expression

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“You will come away bruised.
You will come away bruised
but this will give you poetry.”
― Yrsa Daley-Ward

tags: bruised, poetry

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“If you are afraid to write it,
that's a good sign.
I suppose you know when you're
writing the
truth when you're terrified.”
― Yrsa Daley-Ward, bone

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