Grace Ogot was born in 1930 in Asembo, in what is today, Siaya County, Kenya. She attended Maseno Junior School, Ng’iya Girls School, and Butere Girls High School before training as a nurse at Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda and at the London School of Nursing, UK.
At one time Grace Ogot was a script writer for the BBC and also worked as an officer in community development and public relations. She served as the Member of Parliament for Gem Constituency in Siaya County, as well as an Assistant Minister in the Government of Kenya.
Her written works include the Promised Land, Land Without Thunder, The Other Woman, the Strange Bride, Simbi Nyaima (in English and Dho Luo), Pricess Nyilak and the Royal Bead.
