Sue McCauley (born 1 December 1941 in Dannevirke) 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 Wattie Book of the Year Award and the . 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.