Verah Omwocha is an award-winning Kenyan writer, Book Editor and Reviewer. Verah has co-authored four books for the Kenyan curriculum for primary and secondary levels, and published four children’s books: Maria and the Tomatoes, Kally the Pet and Wendo Tours Nairobi County, and Naisula Tours Marsabit County. She had also contributed to a Young Adult Short Story anthology, The Cry of the Crow and other Stories. Her most recent publication is her memoir, Diary of the Miaha.
She won the 2017/8 Tito Livio Award for Historical Fiction for her short story, ‘The Crescent Moon’
Verah holds a Master’s Degree in Literature from Kenyatta University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education (Language and Literature) from the University of Nairobi. She has taken writing and editing courses from Brittle Paper, The Writers Guild Kenya, and The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
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Verah Omwocha is an award-winning Kenyan writer, Book Editor and Reviewer. Verah has co-authored four books for the Kenyan curriculum for primary and secondary levels, and published four children’s books: Maria and the Tomatoes, Kally the Pet and Wendo Tours Nairobi County, and Naisula Tours Marsabit County. She had also contributed to a Young Adult Short Story anthology, The Cry of the Crow and other Stories. Her most recent publication is her memoir, Diary of the Miaha.
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She won the 2017/8 Tito Livio Award for Historical Fiction for her short story, ‘The Crescent Moon’
Verah holds a Master’s Degree in Literature from Kenyatta University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education (Language and Literature) from the University of Nairobi. She has taken writing and editing courses from Brittle Paper, The Writers Guild Kenya, and The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).