If Kenyan readers aren't interested in reading the work of Kenyan writers: now that would be strange.

Abdilatif Abdalla (Mombasa 1946) is a Kenyan writer and politician.

His work had an influence on other Kenyan writers and he was awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for A Tail in the Mouth.

R. Mugo Gatheru (born 21 August 1925) is a Kenyan writer.

Charity Waciuma is a Kenyan writer, who wrote several novels for adolescents and an autobiographical novel, Daughter of Mumbi (1969).

In this sequel, with his trademark biting wit, the Kenyan writer describes how the original screed came to be:

Bhardwaj co-authored the screenplay to a script he bought for $4000 from a Kenyan writer named Cajetan Boy whom he had mentored at a script writing workshop in Uganda.

Important Kenyan writers include Grace Ogot, Meja Mwangi, Margaret Ogola, and Binyavanga Wainaina.

Rocha Chimera is a Kenyan writer.

Dr. Taaitta Araap Toweett (May 1925-8 October 2007) was a Kenyan writer, linguist and politician.