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.

  • Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Danish novelist, short story writer, essayist, active in Kenya
  • Moraa Gitaa (active since 2008), novelist, short story writer
  • Wangui wa Goro (born 1961), poet, novelist, essayist, translator, non-fiction writer
  • Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), non-fiction writer, poet, journalist, government adviser
  • Rebecca Nandwa (active since 1988), children's writer, writing in Swahili and English

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