Mccauley, Sue

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MCCAULEY, Sue

MCCAULEY, Sue. New Zealander, b. 1941. Genres: Novels, Plays/ Screenplays, Adult non-fiction. Career: Dannevirke Public Hospital, New Zealand, nurse's aide, 1958-59; New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Napier, copywriter, 1959-60; Listener, Wellington, New Zealand, journalist, 1960-62; worked as a waitress in Melbourne, Australia, 1962-63; Taranaki Herald, New Plymouth, New Zealand, reporter, 1963-64; Christchurch Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, reporter, 1964-65; free-lance writer. University of Auckland, writer in residence, 1986; University of Canterbury, writer in residence, 1993. Publications: NOVELS: Other Halves, 1982, screenplay, 1984; Then Again, 1988; Bad Music, c. 1990; A Fancy Man, 1996. TELEVISION PLAYS: As Old as the World, 1968; Friends and Neighbours, 1973; The Shadow Trader (series), 1989; Shark in the Park (episodic), 1991; Married, 1993; Matrons of Honour, 1993; (with G. McGee) Marlin Bay (episodic), 1993; Mel's Amazing Movies (episodic), 1994; Posy Narkers (episodic), 1994. RADIO PLAYS: The Obituary, 1967; The Evening Out, 1968; Robbie, 1972; Crutch, 1975; Minor Adjustment, 1975; Some without a Sigh, 1975; Letters to May, 1977; The Ordinary Girl, 1978; When Did He Last Buy You Flowers?, 1980; The Voice Despised, 1980; The Missionaries, 1981; Isobel, God, and the Cowboy, 1981; The Ezra File, 1982; Thank You Buzz Aldrin, 1982; The Man Who Sleeps with My Mother, 1983; Family Ties, 1986; The Upward Mobility of Gordon Reddy, 1997; Rescue Remedy, 1999; Lifestyle Block, 2003. OTHER: Waiting for Heathcliff (play), 1988, radio play, 1992; (ed.) Erotic Writing (nonfiction), 1992; Escape from Bosnia: Aza's Story (nonfiction), 1997; It Could Be You (short stories), 1997; Hitting Fifty (play), 2002; Life on Earth (short stories), 2003. Address: 59 Laurence St., Christchurch 8001, New Zealand.

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