Imali J. Abala is a professor of English at Ohio Dominican University. She is a published author of several books: The Dreamer, Haughty Boys of Ngoroke, Moody Mood and Red Round Ball, Drum Bits of Terror, A Fallen Citadel (a collection of poetry), The Dilemma of Jahenda: The Teenage Mother, The Disinherited and Move on, Trufosa. Her numerous works have also appeared in: Kistretch Journal, Out of Depths: Poetry of Poverty, Courage, and Resilience, Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories and Poems from East Africa, A Thousand Voices Rising: An Anthology of African Poets, Reflections: An Anthology by African Women Poets, and coedited a poetry collection, In the Murk of Life, an anthology about contemporary life in Kenya..