Harriet Anena bụ onye odee na onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke Uganda, onye edemede ya gụnyere abụ, akụkọ ihe mere emena akụkọ ifo. Ọ bụ onye odee nke nchịkọta uri, A Nation In Labour, nke e bipụtara na 2015, nke ritekwara 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa . The Economist kọwara ọrụ uri ya dị ka "mkpalite ịhụnanya na agha na-ejide". A mụrụ Anena nye nne na nna Acholi wee zụlite ya na Gulu District nke Uganda. O tolitere n'oge agha afọ iri abụọ nke ndị nnupụisi nke Lord Resistance Army na-edu, ihe omume nke mụtara ma metụta edemede mbụ ya. Anena gara Gulu Public Primary School, Sacred Heart Secondary, na Gulu Central High School. Ọ nwetara nzere bachelọ nke Mass Communication na Mahadum Makerere na 2010 wee gụchaa ma nweta nzere Master of Arts n'ikike mmadụ site n'otu ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ na 2018. Ọ na-agbaso mmemme ide ihe MFA na Mahadum Columbia na New York. Anena rụrụ ọrụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ Daily Monitor dị ka onye nta akụkọ, onye nchịkọta akụkọ, na osote onye isi nchịkọta akụkọ site na 2009 ruo Septemba 2014.