Meja Mwangi

Mwangi alizaliwa Nanyuki, na kwenda shule katika Shule ya Sekondari Nanyuki, Chuo Kikuu cha Kenyatta na Chuo Kikuu cha Leeds Aliwafanyia kazi za kibarua watangazaji wa kigeni kabla ya kuamua kuwa mwandishi kamili. Alikuwa Fellow in Writing katika Chuo Kikuu cha Iowa (1975-6).

Zawadi na tuzo
Tuzo la Jomo Kenyatta, kwa Kill Me Quick  (1974)
Tuzo la Jomo Kenyatta  kwa, Going Down River Road  (1977)
Lotus Award (Afro-Asian Writers' Association) (1978)
Bread of Sorrow (1989)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Tuzo za Kijerumani kwa Fasihi ya Vijana  ), kwa ajili ya Little White Man  (1992)
Le Prix Lire AU College, kwa Kariuki  (1992)
Tuzo la Jomo Kenyatta kwa {0The Last Plague{/0} (2001)
National Book Week Award (Kenya) for The Last Plague  
Aliteuliwa kwa International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for The Last Plague  (2002)
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award (USA), forThe Mzungu Boy  (2005
American Library Association National Book for Children Award, for The Mzungu Boy  (2006)
Children's Africana Book Award (best book for older readers), for The Mzungu Boy  (2006)

Kazi ya fasihi
Kill Me Quick  (1973) ISBN 0435901435
Going Down River Road  (1976) ISBN 0435901761
The Dance Cockroach  (1979) ISBN 0582642760
Carcase for Hounds  (1974) ISBN 0435901451
Taste of Death  (1975)
The Bushtrackers  (1979) ISBN 0582785251
Bread of Sorrow  (1987)
The Return of Shaka  (1989)
Weapon of Hunger  (1989) ISBN 9966498133
Striving for the Wind  (1990) ISBN 0435909797
The Last Plague  (2000) ISBN 9966250646
Mountain of Bones  (2001)
The Boy Gift  (2006) ISBN 9781847284716
Mama Dudu, the Insect Woman  (2007) ISBN 9781847284686
Baba Pesa  (2007) ISBN 9780979647611
The Big Chiefs  (2007) ISBN 9780979647635
Gun Runner  (2007) ISBN 9780979647604
Power  (2009) ISBN 9780979647697
Blood Brothers  (2009) ISBN 9780982012604

Filamu
Out of Africa  (1985), mkurugenzi msaidizi
White Mischief } (1987, mkurugenzi msaidizi wa pili
The Kitchen Toto,  mkurugenzi wa utoaji 
Gorillas in the Mist (1985), mkurugenzi msaidizi 
Shadow On The Sun (1988),  meneja wa eneo 

Marejeo
Waandishi wa kisasa: Meja Mwangi 

Viungo vya nje
Tovuti Rasmi 
Post-Independence Disillusionment in Contemporary African Fiction: The Example of Meja Mwangi's "Kill Me Quick".   by Ayo Kehinde

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