Philly Opere is a Kenyan creative writer and avid reader. She has co-authored a novel, the coastal story 'Kas Kazi' and had her short story ‘Faded’ published by the Hekaya Arts Initiative. She escapes the dreariness of everyday life with music, art and strolls in nature. She continues to write even as she hunts shelves for new books and ideologies on what has been and what will be. When not re-reading books and blog posts, she is siphoning stories out of everyday experiences.