{{short description|Kenyan writer and editor}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Billy Kahora | image = ASC Leiden - van de Bruinhorst Collection - Somaliland 2019 - 4440 - Nadhifa Mohamed, Somali-British novelist in discussion with Billy Kahora, a Kenyan writer. Hargeysa 12th International Book Fair 20-25 July 2019.jpg | alt = Billy Kahora | caption = Nadifa Mohamed in discussion with Kahora, Hargeisa International Book Fair 2019 | other_names = | occupation = Writer | birth_place = | birth_date = }}
'''Billy Kahora''' is a Kenyan writer and editor based in Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet The Team|url=http://kwani.org/team/kwani.htm|website=Kwani Trust|access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> He was commended by the 2007 Caine Prize judges for his story ''Treadmill Love''. His stories "Urban Zoning" and "Gorilla's Apprentice" were shortlisted for the prize in 2012 and 2014, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caineprize.com/winners.php |title=PREVIOUSLY SHORTLISTED WRITERS|website=caineprize.com|publisher=The Caine Prize for African Writing |access-date=2015-02-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523073354/http://www.caineprize.com/winners.php |archive-date=2015-05-23 }}</ref> He is the author of works including the non-fiction book ''The True Story of David Munyakei'' (2008), wrote the screenplay for ''Soul Boy'' (2010) and co-wrote ''Nairobi Half Life'' (2012). As Managing Editor of Kwani Trust, Kahora has edited seven issues of the ''Kwani?'' journal. He is a contributing editor to the ''Chimurenga Chronic''.
==Published works== *{{cite book|last=Kahora|first=Billy |title=The True Story of David Munyakei: Goldenberg Whistleblower|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6Cp3RBklvMC|year=2008|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=978-9966-7008-9-6|display-authors=0}} *{{cite book|author1=Billy Kahora|author2=Parselelo Kantai|author3=Andia Kisia|author4=Tony Adam Mochama|author5= Valentine Njoroge|title=Six and the City: 6 Short Plays on Nairobi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-2MoAEACAAJ|year=2014|publisher=Native Intelligence|isbn=978-9966-1553-8-2}} *{{cite book|last=Kahora|first=Billy |title=The Cape Cod Bicycle War And Other Stories|url=https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/The+Cape+Cod+Bicycle+War|year=2020|publisher=Ohio University Press (USA), Huza Press (Rwanda)|display-authors=0}}
===As editor=== *{{cite book|title=Let Us Conspire and Other Stories|date=2024|publisher=Jahazi Press|pages=160| isbn=9789914768886|url=https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22917063-let-us-conspire-and-other-stories}} (Contributors: Idza Luhumyo, Mumbi Macharia, Munira Hussein, Daniella Malinda, Buke Abduba, Kiprop Kimutai, Imou Eparis, Florence Onyango, Dennis Mugaa, Gladwell Pamba, Vera Kabushemeye, Ndegwa Nguru, Florence C Waita, Ndungu Njeru, Noella Moshi.)
==Further reading== * {{cite news|first=Margaretta|last=Wa Gacheru|url=http://mobile.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/The-right-man-for-Kenyas-literary-journal-/-/1950774/2122728/-/format/xhtml/-/85odo1/-/index.html|title=Why Billy Kahora is the right man to be steering Kenya's literary journal|newspaper=Daily Nation|location=Kenya|date=23 December 2013|access-date=2016-08-16|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207092442/http://mobile.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/The-right-man-for-Kenyas-literary-journal-/-/1950774/2122728/-/format/xhtml/-/85odo1/-/index.html|url-status=dead}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
* Billy Kahora, [https://writersmosaic.org.uk/content/a-fine-intuition-billy-kahora/ "A fine intuition"], ''Writers Mosaic''. * [https://www.anzliterature.com/conversation/robert-sullivan-billy-kahora/ "Conversation/Kōrero: Robert Sullivan and Billy Kahora"], Academy of New Zealand Literature, April and May 2017.
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