Sue Wootton

Sue Wootton (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, specialising in poetry and short fiction.

Wootton was born in Wellington in 1961, and spent much of her early life in Wanganui before moving to Dunedin, where she attended the University of Otago.

[3] Wootton received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 2003, and published her first selection of poetry, Hourglass, in 2005.

Three short stories by Wootton appeared in the anthology The Happiest Music on Earth (Rosa Mira Books, 2013).

[6] Her fifth poetry collection, The Yield, was longlisted in the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.