Yvonne Lowrene Wright (October 31, 1951 – January 26, 2016)[1][2] was an American songwriter and vocalist best known for co-writing with Stevie Wonder in the 1970s.

[3][4] Their songs appear on the albums Music of My Mind,[5][6] Talking Book,[7] Fulfillingness' First Finale,[8] and Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants".

Yvonne Lowrene Wright-Willis was born in Harlem, New York City, United States, to Harry Wright and Margaret Williams in 1951.

As a child Wright sang in her church choir, where she and her older sister Adele were given solos on songs such as James Cleveland's "Two Wings".

[10] While still a teenager, she performed "Moon River" at Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater and was enlisted to sing background for Wilson Pickett on that same stage.