Colleen Maria Lenihan Explained

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

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-08-09 . Self-portrait: Colleen Maria Lenihan . 2023-09-10 . Newsroom . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Colleen Maria Lenihan . 2023-09-10 . HUIA . en.
  3. Web site: Writer: Colleen Maria Lenihan - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival . 2023-09-10 . www.writersfestival.co.nz . en.
  4. Web site: Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi writer Colleen Maria Lenihan remaking the literature of Aotearoa . 2023-09-10 . Te Ao Māori News . en.
  5. Web site: Writer: Colleen Maria Lenihan - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival . 2023-09-10 . www.writersfestival.co.nz . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-08-11 . Book of the week: Tokyo gothic . 2023-09-10 . Newsroom . en-AU.
  7. Web site: Kōhine . 2023-09-10 . Kete Books . en-NZ.
  8. Web site: Booklovers . N. Z. . 2022-12-14 . Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan . 2023-09-10 . nzbooklovers . en.
  9. Web site: Writers’ Round Table on Japan . 2023-09-10 . Academy of New Zealand Literature . en-NZ.
  10. Web site: Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan . 2023-09-10 . HUIA . en.
  11. Web site: Colleen Maria Lenihan . 2023-09-10 . HUIA . en.