A former physiotherapist and acupuncturist, Sue writes about all kinds of things but has a particular interest in the intersection of medicine and the humanities. She holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (Massey University), and is a PhD student at the University of Otago, where she is researching how literary writing contributes to the understanding of health and wellbeing.

Sue co-edits the Medical Humanities e-magazine Corpus: Conversations about Medicine and Life, and teaches creative writing in schools, universities and community settings. Sue grew up in Whanganui and Wellington and now lives in Dunedin.

Her fiction and poetry is widely published and anthologised in New Zealand and internationally. Some of her work has been translated into Hungarian, Romanian, Spanish and Vietnamese.

• Her children’s book, Cloudcatcher, was published in 2010.
• She has published five collections of poetry, most recently The Yield.
• Her fiction for adults includes the short story collection The Happiest Music on Earth, and her debut novel, Strip.

Sue's most recent publications are her novel, Strip, which was longlisted in the 2017 Ockham NZ Book Awards, and her fifth poetry collection, The Yield, which was a finalist in these awards in 2018. Sue is currently writing a novel about a group of friends caught up in the 1948 polio epidemic, and plans to use her time in Menton to write new poetry.