Sue McCauley QSM (born 1 December 1941 in

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) is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist and screenwriter. Her first novel was the semi-autobiographical ''Other Halves'' (1982), which won both the

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and the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction. It was adapted into a film, released in 1984 with McCauley credited as screenwriter.Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', 1998, "Sue McCauley" article Her manuscript "Landed" was shortlisted for the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize and was published in March 2023 by

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Novels

*''Other Halves'' (1982) (Hodder & Stoughton) *''Then Again'' (1986) (Hodder & Stoughton) *''Bad Music'' (1990) (Hodder & Stoughton) *''A Fancy Man'' (1996) (Vintage) *''Tropic of Guile'' (2013) (Xlibris) a commissioned/sponsored novel *''Landed'' (2023) (Bateman Books)

Short story collections

*''It Could be You'' (1997) *''Life on Earth'' (2003) These short stories and others have also appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including: *''The Best of New Zealand Fiction - vol.3 (2006) and vol.4 (2007)'' *.. Graminees Review (2020) A French translation.

Drama (Television Drama, Theatre Radio & Television Plays)

Television Drama *''The Shadow Trader (series)'' (1989) *''

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'' (1991) Contributing writer *''

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'' (1993) Contributing writer *''Mel’s Amazing Movies'' (1990s) Contributing writer- children’s series *''Posy Narkers'' (1990s) Contributing writer - children’s series *'' Family Law Series '' (1990s) Educational dramatised videos. Stage Plays *''Waiting for Heathcliff'' (1988) (Court Theatre) *''Hitting Fifty'' (2002) (Court Theatre) Radio Plays *''The Obituary'' (1967) *''The Evening Out'' (1968) *''ABC'' (1970) *''Robbie'' (1972) *''Crutch'' (1975) *''Minor Adjustment'' (1975) *''Letters to May'' (1977) *''The Ordinary Girl'' (1978) *''When Did He Last Buy You Flowers?'' (1980) *''The Missionaries'' (1981) *''Isobel, God and the Cowboy'' (1981) *''The Ezra File'' (1982) *''Thank You Buzz Aldrin'' (1982) *''The Man Who Sleeps With his Mother'' (1983) *''The Ezra File'' (1982) *''Family Ties'' (1986) *''Waiting for Heathcliff'' (1989) - note: this is an adaption of stage play *..The Voice Despised (1989 *''Rescue Remedy'' (1990) *''The Upward Mobility of Gordon Reddy'' (1998) (shortlisted for the Mobil Radio Awards) Television Plays *''As Old As The World'' (1968) *''Friends and Neighbours'' (1974)

Film Scripts

Feature Films *'' Other Halves'' (1986) note: this is an adaption of the novel "Other Halves", which was written by Sue McCauley Short Films *''Married'' (1993) *''Matrons of Honour'' (1994) *"Food for Thought" (2015) Adaption of short story "The Assassin Bug".

Journalism/ Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction *''Escape from Bosnia; Aza’s Story'' (1966) (Shoal Bay Press) as told to Sue McCauley by Aza Mehmedovic Columns *''Hers'' (late 1960s) (NZ Listener) *''Sue McCauley On...'' (1970s) (Thursday Magazine) *''Lives '' (1988-9) (NZ Listener) Autobiographical Essays (anthologised) *''My Father and Me'' (1993) (Tandem Press) *''Cherries on a Plate'' (1996) (Vintage) Other *contributor to ''New Zealand Heritage'' (1971) (historical periodical) *contributor and TV reviewer (1970-80) (NZ Listener) *Book reviewer (1990s) (New Zealand Books - a literary magazine) *Reporter for - and part owner of - Waiheke Island's ''Gulf News'' (1974 -79)

Awards

*''Wattie Book Award'' (1982) *''Mobil Radio Award'' (1982) *''New Zealand Book Award'' (1983) *''Queen’s Service Medal'' (1986) as published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, 9 January 1986

Fellowships

*''Auckland University writer-in-residence'' (1986) *''Canterbury University writer-in-residence'' (1993) *''Hagley College writer-in-residence'' (2000) *''The Foxton Fellowship'' (2005)

Book Editing (anthologies)

*''Erotic Writing'' - (1992) (Penguin) co-authored by Richard McLachlan *''Mind & Mirror'' - (1994) (Orca Publishing Service) writing by women imprisoned *''Totally Devoted'' - (2002) (Harper Collins) true stories by readers of The Women's Weekly. *''A Magpie Stole My Heart'' (2003) (Whitireia Publishing) writing contributed by Whitireia students.

Journalism Employment

*Copywriter, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (1958 - 1960) note: Sue was based in Napier then Wellington *Journalist for the New Zealand Listener weekly magazine (1960 - 61 ) *Taranaki Herald (1963-64) *Christchurch Press (1964 -65)

Education

Sue attended Waitahora Primary School near Dannevirke; and then Nelson Girls’ College in the South Island

References

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