Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire is a Somali-British writer and poet born in Nairobi and raised in London. She wrote the poetry for the visual album Lemonade and Disney film Black Is King in collaboration with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. She also wrote the short film Brave Girl Rising highlighting the voices and faces of Somali girls in Africa's largest refugee camp.

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, her debut collection, was published in 2022 and shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and Forward Prize for Best First Collection that year. Warsan lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.