This is a list of Kenyan writers.
Jared Angira (1947– ), poet
Oduor Jagero , The Ghosts of 1894
Khadambi Asalache (1934– ), poet and author
Karen Blixen a.k.a. Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), novelist
Rocha Chimera, Swahili author and critic
Hazel de Silva Mugot (1947– ), novelist
Mugo Gatheru (1925– ), autobiographical writer
Muga Gicaru (c.1920– ), novelist, real name as John Mwengi.
Moraa Gitaa, author, novelist, short story writer, 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing nominee, 2008
Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), journalist and autobiographical writer
Francis Imbuga (1947– ), director and playwright
Samuel Kahiga, short story writer and novelist
Joseph Elijah Kariuki (1931– ), poet
Amin Kassam (1948– ), journalist and poet
Jomo Kenyatta (1892?–1978), politician and writer
Leonard Kibera (1942–1983), novelist and short story writer
Wanjiru Kihoro (1953–2006), journalist, writer, academic, activist; produced Kenya News in the 1980s from London
John Kiriamiti (1950– ), writer of popular fiction
Muthoni Likimani (1926– )
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), novelist, essayist and poet
Charles Mangua (c.1940– ), fiction writer
Ali A. Mazrui (1933– 2014), academic and political writer
John Samuel Mbiti (1931– ), poet and writer on religion
Miguna Miguna
Shinz Stanz, songwriter
Parmenas Githendu Mockerie (1900?–?), writer
Mwana Kupona binti Msham (died c.1865), Swahili poet
Micere Mugo (1942– ), playwright, academic and poet
James Ngugi
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (1971– )
Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi, a.k.a. BMJ Muriithi, US-based Kenyan journalist, works for VOA (US) and NTV (Kenya)
Wahome Mutahi ( −2003), satirical journalist
Joseph Muthee (1928– ), Kikuyu writer
Meja Mwangi (1948– ), novelist
Gitura Mwaura, development writer and journalist
Rebecca Nandwa, Swahili children's writer
Alexander Nderitu, novelist, scriptwriter and Kenyan e-book and Print on Demand pioneer
Mona L. Nduilu (1976– )
Stephen N. Ngubiah (1936– ), novelist
Ngugi wa Mirii (1951– ), playwright
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938– ), English-language and Gikuyu writer
Rebeka Njau (1932– ), novelist, playwright and poet
Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (1952– ), playwright
Atieno Odhiambo (1945–2009), academic
Oginga Odinga (1912–1994), writer, philosopher and politician
Margaret Ogola (1958–2011)
Grace Ogot (1930–2015), writer and politician
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (1968– ), winner of the Caine Prize 2003
Shailja Patel, poet, playwright and activist
Mwangi Ruheni (born 1934), scientist and popular novelist
M. G. Vassanji (1950– ), novelist and editor
Wangui wa Goro, academic and translator
Koigi wa Wamwere (1949– ), politician and writer
Godwin Wachira (1936– ), novelist
Charity Waciuma (1936– ), novelist
Binyavanga Wainaina (1971– ), founder and editor of Kwani?, winner of the Caine Prize 2002
Gakaara Wanjau (1921–2001), writer and Gikuyu nationalist
Kenneth Watene (born 1944), playwright
Miriam Were (1940– ), public health advocate, academic and novelist
Jeff Lumiri (2015– ), author, poet, and novelist
