Kinyanjui Kombani

Kinyanjui Kombani, popularly known as "The Banker who Writes",is a Kenyan novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, and literature critic/activist. His novels, The Last Villains of Molo and Den of Inequities have been used for undergraduate and postgraduate education by universities in Kenya and abroad. Kombani is also a recipient of the Kenyatta University Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2014 and was recognized as a Business Daily Top 40 under 40 in 2015. Quotes I write mostly in the early mornings, and evenings. Last year I spent the entire Easter hold up in my private office writing some books for the Uganda market. I nearly collapsed, and I vowed not to try such stunts again. Locally, I have been inspired a lot by the writing of Meja Mwangi (I read Little White Man then I was in primary school and I have never read a more intriguing book. I have read ‘Cockroach Dance’ so many times my copy is dog-eared). I think Meja has the biggest influence in my writing. I think writers and publishers need to stop pointing fingers at each other and start selling books! Publishers need to add some marketing budget towards promotion of works of fiction. Writers, on the other hand, need to be at the forefront in promoting their books. It is in their best interests to make sales of the books! List of books written so far The Last Villains of Molo (Novel) Wangari Maathai: Mother of Trees (children’s biography) We Can Be Friends (children’s educational; theme: HIV/AIDS). We Can Be Friends (Rwanda Edition) Lost But Found (children’s adventure; theme: safety for children) I also did a play Carcasses that was commissioned by the Born Free Foundation for their bush meat awareness project. The play was later shot to film as Mizoga which has been screened in the US, UK, and 5 African Countries. *Last year I wrote a yet-to-be-released series of 12 children’s stories for the Uganda market. External links {{wikipedia}{