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
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Arya Jeipea Karijo (born 1981), journalist and human rights activist
L Muthoni Likimani (born 1926), novelist, non-fiction writer
M Olga Marlin (1934–2025), 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 (1934–2018), 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
See also List of Kenyan men writers