Leanne Radojkovich is the author of short story collections Hailman and First fox (The Emma Press). Her fiction has appeared in various journals including Landfall, Lost Balloon, ReadingRoom, Short Fiction Journal, and Turbine|Kapohau. Her work has also been anthologised in A Global Anthology on the Short Story (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press), The Best Small Fictions Anthology (Sonder Press), and Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press).
She has received the Lilian Ida Smith Award, and her story Growing won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition. Her work has been recognised by the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction, the Sargeson Prize, the Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize, the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, the takahē Matariki Short Story Celebration, and the North & South Short, Short Story Competition.
She holds a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau.
Leanne is of Croatian, British and Scottish descent. She was born in Kirikiriroa and now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. Instagram Bluesky
Reviews and Interviews
Radio New Zealand, Standing Room Only First fox Interview
Radio New Zealand, Standing Room Only Hailman Interview
Paula Green, NZ Poetry Shelf Hailman Review
Lucy Writers Platform Hailman Review
Lucy Writers Platform Interview
takahē magazine Hailman Review
