Kenia
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing. Her short stories have been published in international literary magazines, including McSweeney's and Chimurenga Chronic. She occasionally dips into work in and lobbying for the arts and creative enterprises in support of the expansion of the African innovation economy.
Her second novel, The Dragonfly Sea, already receiving rave reviews, was released in March 2019. She is currently at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin working on her third novel whose working title is The Long Decay.