Leah Dodd is a poet and writer living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa New Zealand. Her first collection of poetry, Past Lives, was published in 2023 by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Past Lives is largely based on the manuscript she wrote for her Masters degree in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, for which she won the Biggs Family Prize in Poetry. Leah’s work has been published widely across Aotearoa, and can be found collated at www.leah-dodd.com
