The fiction and children's author, Lily Mabura, is currently an Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Sharjah. Her literary awards include the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award, and the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award. Her short story, "How Shall We Kill the Bishop?" was shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing and is the lead story in her collection How Shall We Kill the Bishop and Other Stories (African Writers Series, Heinemann/Pearson, 2012; also available on Kindle).

Source: http://www.amazon.com/Lily-Mabura/e/B001JODGV6

Bibliography:
Novels:
- The Pretoria Conspiracy (Focus Publications, 2000).
Short stories:
- How Shall We Kill the Bishop and Other Stories (African Writers Series, Heinemann/Pearson, 2012; also available on Kindle)
Children's book:
- Oma (2011-2013)
- Saleh Kanta and the Cavaliers (Phoenix Publications, 2005)
- Seth the Silly Gorilla (Phoenix Publications, 2002; also available on Kindle)
- Ali the Little Sultan (Focus Publications, 1999; also available on Kindle)