John Kiriamiti (born 14 February 1950[citation needed]) is a Kenyan former bank robber[1] turned writer.[2] Kiriamiti is best known as the writer of My Life in Crime[3] and My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story, which were both a sensation among Kenyan youth in the late 1980s and 1990s.
John Kiriamiti | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 14, 1950 Thuita Village, Kenya |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Former bank robber |
| Known for | Writing books on his criminal career |
Kiriamiti was born in Thuita Village,[4] Kamacharia, Murang'a District, in Central Kenya. He is the second of the nine children of Albert and Anne Wanjiru Kiriamiti, both primary school teachers in Murang'a.[4]
In the years after his release from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, he has also become a philanthropist and social reformist rehabilitating street children and thieves in Murang'a. Besides writing novels, Kiriamiti owns and edits a newspaper, The Sharpener, which he established after the government ban on the Gikuyu version, Inooro, in 1995.[5]
Bibliography
editKiriamiti's books include:
- My Life in Crime – 1980
- My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story- 1984
- Son of Fate – 1994
- The Sinister Trophy – 2000
- My Life in Prison – 2004
- The Abduction Squad
- City Carjackers
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References
edit- ^ "Kiriamiti's dark past, struggle to tell story on criminal career". The Standard.
- ^ "African Books Collective: John Kiriamiti". africanbookscollective.com.
- ^ "The Kiriamiti touch". Daily Nation. 2 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Biography Life and times of John Kiriamiti". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "SPLA | John Kiriamiti". spla.pro.