Colleen Maria Lenihan

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

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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]

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References

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