List of Kenyan women writers
# 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

* Daphne Sheldrick (born 1934), wild life conservationist, writer
* Hazel de Silva Mugot (born 1947), novelist

## W

* 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
