BIO: 

Yayabell Debay is a Los Angeles based screenwriter who spent much of her childhood growing up abroad in Ethiopia. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts with minors in Creative Writing and French from Pepperdine University.

Her work lives in two worlds. One is girl meets monsters: sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and psychological thrillers, survival stories where the monsters are never just monsters, and the supernatural becomes a mirror for human fear and desire. Think Jordan Peele or Guillermo del Toro. The other world is rooted in teen drama and the golden age of The CW, shows like Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and Veronica Mars that shaped her love of heightened emotion, mystery, and messy ambition.

Yayabell loves to write stories centered on complicated, driven Black women, whether they’re battling literal monsters, figuring out who they are, or trying to explain to their mother why they’re still single at 26 with no prospects in sight.

She has industry experience working as a Production Assistant and most recently as a Script Coordinator on a hit Netflix series. When she’s not writing, she can be found hunting for the best tacos (currently Angels Tijuana Tacos) or planning her next trip to some new and exciting place.