Wanjiru Koinange

Wanjiru Koinange is a Kenyan writer library restorer and social entrepreneur from Nairobi Her debut novel The Havoc of Choice explores the human cost of Kenyas 2007 postelection violence it was published in the UK 2019 and Kenya 2020 where it became a national bestseller and was later translated into Arabic She holds a bachelors degree in Journalism and Literature from the United States International University in Nairobi and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town and has written for publications including Chimurenga and Commonwealth Writers where she served as a cultural correspondent In 2017 she cofounded Book Bunk Trust with Angela Wachuka to restore Nairobis public libraries including the McMillan Memorial Library the subject of the documentary How to Build a Library 2025 and she also directs the Nairobi Litfest NBO Litfest