Yvonne Vera akararama kubva musi wa19 Gunyana 1964 kusvika musi wa7 Kubvumbi 2005. Aiva munyori wemuZimbabwe. Chinyorwa chake chekutanga chaiva mubatanidzwa yenyaya pfupi, Why Donot You Carve Other Animals (1992), chakateerwa nenganonyorwa ishanu: Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002).