lyra catherine mckee (31 march 1990 – 18 april 2019) was a northern irish journalist. she had worked for "the atlantic" and "buzzfeed news". she was also an editor for mediagazer. she wrote two non-fiction books about the troubles, "angels with blue faces" (2019) and "the lost boys" (2020). she was signed to publisher faber and faber at the time of her death. she was born in belfast. she was openly gay.