Sue McCauley
Sue McCauley QSM is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist and screenwriter.
Her first novel was the semi-autobiographical Other Halves, which won both the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction. It was adapted into a film, released in 1984 with McCauley credited as screenwriter.
Her manuscript "Landed" was shortlisted for the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize and was published in March 2023 by Bateman.
Novels
- Other Halves
- Then Again
- Bad Music
- A Fancy Man
- Tropic of Guile a commissioned/sponsored novel
- ''Landed''
Short story collections
- It Could be You
- Life on Earth
- The Best of New Zealand Fiction - vol.3 and vol.4
- .. Graminees Review A French translation.
Drama (Television Drama, Theatre Radio & Television Plays)
Television Drama- The Shadow Trader
- Shark in the Park Contributing writer
- Marlin Bay Contributing writer
- Mel’s Amazing Movies Contributing writer- children’s series
- Posy Narkers Contributing writer - children’s series
- Family Law Series Educational dramatised videos.
- Waiting for Heathcliff
- Hitting Fifty
- The Obituary
- The Evening Out
- ABC
- Robbie
- Crutch
- Minor Adjustment
- Letters to May
- The Ordinary Girl
- When Did He Last Buy You Flowers?
- The Missionaries
- Isobel, God and the Cowboy
- The Ezra File
- Thank You Buzz Aldrin
- The Man Who Sleeps With his Mother
- The Ezra File
- Family Ties
- Waiting for Heathcliff - note: this is an adaption of stage play
- ..The Voice Despised
- The Upward Mobility of Gordon Reddy
- As Old As The World
- ''Friends and Neighbours''
Film Scripts
Feature Films- Other Halves note: this is an adaption of the novel "Other Halves", which was written by Sue McCauley
- Married
- Matrons of Honour
- "Food for Thought" Adaption of short story "The Assassin Bug".
Journalism/ Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction- Escape from Bosnia; Aza’s Story as told to Sue McCauley by Aza Mehmedovic
- Hers
- Sue McCauley On...
- Lives
- My Father and Me
- Cherries on a Plate
- contributor to New Zealand Heritage
- contributor and TV reviewer
- Book reviewer
- Reporter for - and part owner of - Waiheke Island's ''Gulf News''
Awards
- Wattie Book Award
- Mobil Radio Award
- New Zealand Book Award
- Queen’s Service Medal as published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of
Fellowships
- Auckland University writer-in-residence
- Canterbury University writer-in-residence
- Hagley College writer-in-residence
- ''The Foxton Fellowship''
Book Editing (anthologies)
- Erotic Writing - co-authored by Richard McLachlan
- Mind & Mirror - writing by women imprisoned
- Totally Devoted - true stories by readers of The Women's Weekly.
- A Magpie Stole My Heart writing contributed by Whitireia students.
Journalism Employment
- Copywriter, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation note: Sue was based in Napier then Wellington
- Journalist for the New Zealand Listener weekly magazine
- Taranaki Herald
- Christchurch Press