Hanya Yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. Her books include the bestselling novel A Little Life (2015), which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize.
Maya Arad Yasur
David Yazbek
David Yazbek is an American writer, composer and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals The Full Monty (2000), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005) and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010) and The Band's Visit (2017).
Liwaa Yazji
Liwaa Yazji is a Syrian playwright, filmmaker, screenwriter and poet. She was born in Moscow and grew up in Damascus. Her plays include Goats (Royal Court, 2017). She has published a volume of poetry, Peacefully We Leave Home, and was resident poet at Poets House, New York, in 2015 where her book Three Poems was published in English.
James Yeatman
James Yeatman is a theatre director and writer. He co-runs award-winning Kandinsky Theatre Company with Lauren Mooney.
For Kandinsky, theatre includes: More Life (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2025); SHTF (Schauspielhaus Wien) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Royal Exchange); The Winston Machine, Dinomania, Trap Street, Still Ill, Dog Show (New Diorama); Limehouse Nights (Limehouse Town Hall).
For the Royal Court Theatre: The Kid Stays In The Picture (Co-Director and Writer) and Posh (Assistant Director).
Brian Yorkey
Brian Yorkey wrote the book and lyrics for Broadway musical next to normal (New York, 2008; Broadway, 2009; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2010).
Other work includes: If/Then starring Idina Menzel; the libretto for The Last Ship (Outer Critic’s Nomination, with John Logan), with a score by Sting; and the Disney Theatricals musical adaptation of Freaky Friday, which also became a Disney Channel Original Movie.
He was the Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner for the Netflix series Echoes. Prior to that, he was the Creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner of 13 Reasons Why for Netflix and Paramount Television. He has also directed for theatre and television.