Lenihan (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a New Zealand writer of Māori and Irish descent.
[2] Lenihan studied at The Creative Hub and Te Papa Tupu,[3] and is currently a writer for TV show Shortland Street.
[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.