Athman Amran was born in Mombasa and is currently living in Nairobi. He is currently working as a journalist with the Standard newspapers. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, majoring in Human Behaviour at the United States International University (USIU) - Africa, in Nairobi. He has written six books: Hapo Kale (Swahili for Once Upon a Time), Stories of Nature, Little Heroes and Little Heroines, a Big Struggle (all with Oxford University Press) and Kobole's Misfortunes (East African Educational Publishers). He has published a book, Tunda La Kheri ( translation from an English book for children) with Bilal Muslim Mission, Kenya. He has written over 50 scripts for Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)'s weekly Swahili radio drama, Mchezo wa Wiki (Play of the Week) when he was in college at the USIU-A, between 1983 and 1988. He has contributed over 15 Children story series for The Standard on Sunday and in the Kenyan newspaper and magazine scene since 1992, which include Kobole's Misfortunes, the Zimbo Series, Zanga's Dreamworld, Zanga's Strange Awakening, Happalapa and currently Shankala, which is has been continuing for the past one month. He is a pioneer in writing the children series in the Standard on Sunday and in the Kenyan newspaper and magazine scene and has written more children series as an individual in a newspaper at a sustained long time than any other children's author in Kenya and probably in Africa. His happiness is to make children enjoy reading his stories, learn from them and get entertained. His email contact is: athmanamran@yahoo.com.