Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash (27 February 1938 – 28 December 1993; also known as Jini Fiennes) was an English novelist and painter.In 1961, she published her first novel, The Burial, at the age of 23. Lash was widely regarded as one of the most promising young people among England's up and coming artists at the time. Upon meeting Jennifer Lash in Suffolk, Dodie Smith, who wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians, remarked that Lash was "almost too interesting to be true".