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