List of Kenyan women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Kenya or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

  • Carolyne Adalla, novelist, author of Confessions of an AIDS victim (1993)

B

  • Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Danish novelist, short story writer, essayist, active in Kenya

G

  • Moraa Gitaa (active since 2008), novelist, short story writer
  • Wangui wa Goro (born 1961), poet, novelist, essayist, translator, non-fiction writer

H

  • Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), non-fiction writer, poet, journalist, government adviser

L

  • Muthoni Likimani (born 1926), novelist, non-fiction writer

M

  • 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

  • Christine Nicholls (born 1943), biographer, non-fiction writer
  • Rebeka Njau (born 1932), novelist, playwright, educator

O

  • 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

  • Shailja Patel (active since 2000), poet, playwright

R

  • Rebecca Nandwa (active since 1988), children's writer, writing in Swahili and English

S

W

See also

  • List of Kenyan men writers
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Lists of women writers by nationality