Ziella Byars is a writer and producer based in London. She founded the annual theatre show Love Bites in 2008 as a way of producing and commissioning new writing and collaborating with other writers. The plays all share the uniting theme of love, leading Ziella to write about relationships. Her plays for Love Bites included 'Never Kill a Boy on the First Date', 'The Pitch, A Little Bit of Magic', 'Blind Date', 'Good Clean Fun', 'The Wedding Date', 'Six Weeks and Counting' and 'Down In One', the latter four having also appeared at Southwark Playhouse, The Courtyard Theatre and Waterloo East.