Lily Mabura

Lily G. N. Mabura is a Kenyan writer known for her  short story How Shall We Kill the Bishop, which was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2010.

Career and education 
Mabura earned a Master's in Fine Arts degree from University of Idaho. Her 2004 thesis was titled On the Slopes of Mt. Kenya. She is and author and academic, having taught at University of Missouri and at the American University of Sharjah.

Honours and awards 
Mabura has received a number of awards including:
Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Children's Winner 2001 for her book, Ali, the Little Sultan
 Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award for The Pretoria Conspiracy in 2001
 Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers in 2007
 University of Rochester's Frederick Douglass Fellowship in 2008-2009

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Kenyan women writers
Category:21st-century Kenyan women writers
Category:Women children's writers
Category:University of Idaho alumni
Category:American University of Sharjah faculty
Category:University of Missouri faculty
Category:Women short story writers