"Owuor wins literature prize at book awards". Daily Nation. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015 – via In March 2019, she published "The Dragonfly Sea" which was released to international acclaim. This novel explores the complexities of the Indian ocean ('Swahili Seas'), from the perspective of a girl, Ayaana, from Pate Island, off the East coast of Africa.