List of Kenyan women writers
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Kenya or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- Carolyne Adalla, novelist, author of Confessions of an AIDS victim (1993)
B
[edit]- Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Danish novelist, short story writer, essayist, active in Kenya
G
[edit]- Moraa Gitaa (active since 2008), novelist, short story writer
- Wangui wa Goro (born 1961), poet, novelist, essayist, translator, non-fiction writer
H
[edit]- Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), non-fiction writer, poet, journalist, government adviser
L
[edit]- Muthoni Likimani (born 1926), novelist, non-fiction writer
M
[edit]- Olga Marlin (born 1934), American-born non-fiction writer
- Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023), playwright, poet, non-fiction writer, educator, activist
- Mwana Kupona (born c.1865), Swahili poet
N
[edit]- Christine Nicholls (born 1943), biographer, non-fiction writer
- Rebeka Njau (born 1932), novelist, playwright, educator
O
[edit]- Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014), publisher and author
- Cristina Odone (born 1960), journalist, newspaper editor, novelist
- Margaret Ogola (1958–2011), novelist, biographer
- Grace Ogot (1930–2015), short story writer, novelist
- Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), novelist, essayist, poet
- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968), novelist
P
[edit]- Shailja Patel (active since 2000), poet, playwright
R
[edit]- Rebecca Nandwa (active since 1988), children's writer, writing in Swahili and English
S
[edit]- Daphne Sheldrick (1934–2018), wild-life conservationist, writer
- Hazel de Silva Mugot (born 1947), novelist
W
[edit]- Charity Waciuma (born 1936), novelist
- Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ (born 1970s), short-story writer and novelist
- Miriam Were (born 1940), public health expert, educator, non-fiction writer
- Carolinda Witt (born 1955), yoga specialist and writer