Goretti KYOMUHENDO (born in Hoima, 1965) coordinates the Uganda Women Writers' Association, which works with the production of literature on gender issues. Her first novel, The First Daughter (1996, is enjoying current popular success in Uganda, and she is at work on a manuscript about a young girl fleeing the Rwandan genocide, a project she hopes to complete at the University of Iowa. She holds a higher diploma in marketing from the National College of Business Studies, as well as a certificate in communication from Makerere University. The US Information Agency is sponsoring her at the IWP.