About Danson Mutinda Books
Eric Walters is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of over 130 books that have collectively won more than 100 awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature for The King of Jam Sandwiches. A former teacher, Eric began writing as a way to get his fifthgrade students interested in reading and writing. Eric is a tireless presenter, speaking to over 100,000 students per year in schools across the country. He lives in Guelph, Ontario. Danson Mutinda is an ICT consultant based in Kenya, and he is also the current patron of Hope Development Centre, an orphanage in Kenya that his parents, Ruth and Henry Kyatha, cofounded with Eric and Anita Walters in 2007. When Henry passed away in 2013, Danson became patron of the program. It has helped improve the lives of over 300 children and over 150 households in the Mbooni region of Kenya. Danson lives in Kikima, Kenya, on the grounds of the orphanage with his beloved wife and five kids. When not writing or consulting, you can find him tending to numerous crops and various livestock on the family farm. This is his and Eric's second collaboration, having cowritten Hockey Night in Kenya in 2020.
