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Alice Muthoni Gichuru, also known as Muthoni wa Gichuru, is a talented writer from Kenya. She writes exciting stories for children and young adults, and also creates short stories for everyone to enjoy.

About Muthoni wa Gichuru

Muthoni wa Gichuru grew up in a small village called Matanya, near Nanyuki in Kenya. When she was a child, her father often read to her from a Gikuyu book called Kamina na Kamina. This might have been where her love for stories began!

She went to Moi University and earned a degree in information sciences. This means she learned a lot about how information is collected and used.

How She Started Writing

In 2002, Muthoni's husband, Joseph Kamau, encouraged her to start writing her own stories. Her very first book, Breaking the Silence, came out in 2009. It was so good that it was a runner-up for the 2011 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. This is a big award for books in Kenya, especially for young people's stories.

Later, in 2019, her book The Carving won the 2018 CODE Burt Prize for African Young Adult Literature in Kenya. This shows how much her stories are loved and recognized!

Books by Muthoni wa Gichuru

Muthoni wa Gichuru has written many books. Here are some of them:

  • 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.
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