Kyla Jamieson was born and raised in Squamish and North Vancouver and now lives in Ucluelet. Her début poetry collection, Body Count (Nightwood Editions), wove the disparate experiences of a brain injury, modelling in New York City, and studying creative writing in Vancouver into a text that was named a CBC Best Poetry Book of 2020 and received praise for its candour, humour, and complexity. She earned her BFA and MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and served as the Vancouver Public Library's 2024 Writer in Residence. Her work has been anthologized in Poetry is Not a Luxury: Poems for All Seasons and published widely.