Lynn Jenner

Lynn Jenner is a poet and essayist from New Zealand.

Background Jenner was born in Hāwera, Taranaki. She worked as an educational psychologist and counsellor until 2003. She began studying writing at Whitireia Polytechnic and completed an MA in creative writing at Victoria University of Wellington. She received her PhD in 2013 from the International Institute of Modern Letters at the Victoria University of Wellington. Her advisor was Bill Manhire.

, Jenner lives on the Kāpiti Coast. 2009, and 2010. and 4th Floor. Jenner was also published in the anthology Oxford Poets 2013.

Awards Jenner's MA thesis won the 2008 Adam Foundation Prize for Creative Writing.

Lost and Gone Away was named a Metro Best Books in 2015 and a finalist in the general non-fiction category of the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Jenner won the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Award for her manuscript, "The Gum Trees of Kerikeri".