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Colleen Maria Lenihan

Colleen Maria Lenihan

New Zealand writer

Colleen Maria Lenihan is a New Zealand fiction writer and screenwriter.

Background

Lenihan (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a New Zealand writer of Māori and Irish descent.[1] She spent fifteen years in Tokyo before returning to New Zealand.[2] Lenihan studied at The Creative Hub and Te Papa Tupu,[3] and is currently a writer for TV show Shortland Street. She has also written for drama series Ahikāroa.[4]

Career

Her short form work has appeared in Pantograph Punch, Newsroom, the New Zealand Herald, and elsewhere. Following the 2022 launch of her collection of inter-linked short stories, Kōhine, she appeared in the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival.[5]

Kōhine has been described as "Tokyo gothic"[6] by Newsroom, as "something special" by Kete,[7] and by NZ Booklovers as providing the reading experience of a novel.[8] The book was influenced by Colleen's years in Tokyo, and by the loss of her only child.[9]

Works

  • Kōhine (Huia Publishers, 2022), collection of short stories[10]

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "Self-portrait: Colleen Maria Lenihan". Newsroom. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Colleen Maria Lenihan". HUIA. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Writer: Colleen Maria Lenihan - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival". www.writersfestival.co.nz. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi writer Colleen Maria Lenihan remaking the literature of Aotearoa". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Writer: Colleen Maria Lenihan - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival". www.writersfestival.co.nz. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Book of the week: Tokyo gothic". Newsroom. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Kōhine". Kete Books. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. [8]
    Booklovers, N. Z. (14 December 2022). "Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan". nzbooklovers. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Writers' Round Table on Japan". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan". HUIA. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Colleen Maria Lenihan". HUIA. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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