Talesha Maya is an emerging Leicester, (UK) based poet and writer who commenced writing at a very young age; she was first featured at the age of 7 in a young writers anthology entitled Hidden Treasures Leicester and went on to feature in several other Young Writer editions until the age of 13. It seems Talesha has always gravitated to writing however, the urge to write became stronger after the tragic loss of her mother in 2008. Since then, writing has become a way for her to process grief and for coping with anxiety. These experiences have shaped her poetry to take its current form. Talesha has captured her deeply personal journey from 'grief to healing' in a series of poems which have culminated in her first collection 'Fragments'. Her focus is now shifting to identity, culture and politics and her next collection Brown Girl Problems & Other Poems will capture her experiences of being a 'Young British Asian Female'.