Alice Muthoni Gichuru, who writes as Muthoni wa Gichuru, is a Kenyan writer of fiction for children and young adults, as well as short stories.[1]

Life

Muthoni wa Gichuru grew up in Matanya, a small village in Nanyuki. As a child she recalls her father reading to her from a Gikuyu book titled Kamina na Kamina.[2] She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in information sciences from Moi University.[3]

Gichuru's husband, Joseph Kamau, encouraged her to start writing stories in 2002.[2] Her first published book, Breaking the Silence (2009), was runner-up for the 2011 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature in the English-language youth category.[3] The Carving (2019) was the winner of the 2018 CODE Burt Prize for African Young Adult Literature in Kenya.[4]

Works

  • Breaking the Silence. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 2009.
  • The Hidden Package. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers Ltd., 2016.
  • The Other side and Other stories : Nairobi, Kenya:Storymoja Publishers., 2016
  • The Bitter Sweet and Other Stories  : Nairobi, Kenya:Storymoja Publishers., 2016
  • The Scary Trip and Other Stories  : Nairobi, Kenya:Storymoja Publishers., 2016
  • Beyond the Barricades. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers Limited, 2016.
  • Moon Scapes: Short Stories and Poetry. 2017.
  • The Carving. Nairobi, Kenya : Longhorn Publishers, 2019.
  • Smart Sidi and the Poem. Nairobi, Kenya : Longhorn Publishers, 2019.
  • Smart Sidi and the lost ball. Nairobi, Kenya : Longhorn Publishers, 2019.
  • Smart Sidi and the play house. Nairobi, Kenya : Longhorn Publishers, 2019.
  • Kefa's Quest. Phoenix Arizona, USA : Worlds Unknown Publishers, 2020.

References

  1. ↑ Gloria Mwanga, By the Book: Muthoni wa Gichuru, The Nation, October 20, 2017. Accessed August 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Faith Oneya, Muthoni wa Gichuru: Goat herding paved the way for my writing career, The Nation, January 27, 2017. Accessed August 15, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Muthoni was Gichuru, CODE Burt Literary Awards, 2018. Accessed August 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Kari Mutu, Muthoni gives the disabled a voice, The East African, January 18, 2019. Accessed August 15, 2020.
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