Yaa Gyasi (an haife ta 1989) ita marubuciya Ghana ce kuma Ba’amurke. Littafin tarihinta na farko Homegoing, an buga shi a cikin 2016, ta lashe ta, tana da shekara 26, lambar yabo ta National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award don mafi kyawun littafin farko, lambar yabo ta PEN/Hemingway don littafin farko na almara, Gidauniyar Littattafai ta "5 a karkashin 35" tana girmama 2016 da Kyautar Littattafan Amurka. An ba ta lambar yabo ta Vilcek don Alkawarin kirkirar littattafai a shekarar 2020. An haife ta a Mampong, Ghana, 'yar Kwaku Gyasi ce, farfesa ce ta Faransanci a Jami'ar Alabama a Huntsville, da Sophia, wacce ke jinya. Iyalinta sun koma Amurka a 1991 lokacin da mahaifinta ke kammala karatunsa na Ph.D. a Jami’ar Jihar Ohio. Iyalin kuma sun zauna a Illinois da Tennessee, kuma daga shekaru 10, Gyasi ya girma ne a Huntsville, Alabama. Gyasi ta tuno da kasancewa mai jin kunya tun tana yarinya, tana jin kusancin 'yan uwanta saboda abubuwan da suka samu a matsayinsu na yara baƙi a Alabama, kuma ta juya zuwa littattafai a matsayin "abokanta na kusa".