Susan McCauley

Susan (Basso) McCauley is a screenwriter, playwright, short story writer, novelist, independent film producer, and actress.

Early Life[edit]

Susan McCauley grew up in Nassau Bay, Texas, near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Her father, Victor J. Basso, M.D., was a respected ophthalmologist in the area, and her mother, Sandy Basso, managed his medical practice. McCauley attended Clear Creek High School. After finishing high school, she began her studies at the University of Houston, where she received a BA in Radio-TV with a minor in Theater. Upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she studied acting (the Meisner technique) with Jeff Goldblum and Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West (i). She went on to receive an MFA in writing from the University of Southern California where she studied with notable writers including Hubert Selby, Jr. and Donald Freed. She later received a MA in Text & Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and King’s College in London where she was mentored by director Robin Midgely.

Career[edit]

McCauley has written plays, screenplays, short stories, novellas, and novels, and has also worked as an indie film producer and actress. Her short story, “The Cask,” was published in the multi-award winning anthology, Quoth the Raven, published by Camden Park Press (ii). Her first novel, The Devil’s Tree, a young adult ghost story, was published in 2019. Her second novel, Ghost Hunters: Bones in the Wall, the first in a middle grade series, was published in 2020 (iii,iv).

Susan’s short film, “The Cask,” won a Platinum Remi Award for best short adaptation at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2017, and her short film, “The Murdering Kind,” premiered at Shriekfest Horror Film Festival in 2019. McCauley sometimes partners as a screenwriter with Academy Award winner Barney Burman (v), who directed “The Murdering Kind” short.

Works[edit]

Awards

Johnson Space Center.“The Caretaker” – The Zone Sci-Fan Film Festival Award for Best Actress (2017)
Johnson Space Center.“The Cask” – WorldFest Houston International Film Festival Platinum Remi Award for Best Short Adaptation (2017) (vii)

Stage

The Prisoner: Princess Elizabeth (2004) – Tower of London (viii)
“The Nose” (2003) adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s “The Nose” – RADA’s George Bernard Shaw Theatre (ix)

Short Film

“The Murdering Kind” (2019) – Celtic Sea Productions, Impatient Monsters, and Storyland Pictures (x)
“The Cask” (2016) – Celtic Sea Productions with Rival Film Studios (xi, xii)

Short Stories

“The Snow Woman” – (2020) Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 2; (2019) Of Kami & Yokai; (2016) Snowpocalypse: Tales of the end of the World (xiii)
“The Water Witch” (2019) – Frostfire Worlds (xiv)
“The Cask” (2018) – Quoth the Raven (xv)

Novels and Novellas

The Demon Tailor (2020) (xvi)
Ghost Hunters: Bones in the Wall (2020) (xvii)
The Devil’s Tree (2019) (xviii)

References[edit]

i Official Susan McCauley Website. http://www.sbmccauley.com/about.html. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

ii Camden Park Press Website. https://www.camdenparkpress.com/raven/. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

iii Official Susan McCauley Website. www.sbmccauley.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

iv Kirkus Reviews. www.kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 03 May 2020.

v “The Murdering Kind” on Internet Movie Database. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10584404/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

vi Susan McCauley Awards on Internet Movie Database. https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm3411514/about. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

vii Susan McCauley Awards on Internet Movie Database. https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm3411514/about. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

viii Official Susan McCauley Website. www.sbmccauley.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

ix Official Susan McCauley Website. www.sbmccauley.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

x “The Murdering Kind” on Internet Movie Database. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10584404/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xi “The Cask” on Internet Movie Database. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5281412/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xii Summer, Jennifer. “Atascocita Resident Brings Edgar Allen Poe Story to Life Through Short Film.” Houston Chronicle’s Observer. https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/east-montgomery/news/article/Atascocita-resident-brings-Edgar-Allan-Poe-story-9701098.php 18 June 2015.

xiii Amazon Author Bio on Susan McCauley. https://www.amazon.com/Susan-McCauley/e/B00UR3A5BO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xiv Amazon Author Bio on Susan McCauley. https://www.amazon.com/Susan-McCauley/e/B00UR3A5BO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xv Amazon Author Bio on Susan McCauley. https://www.amazon.com/Susan-McCauley/e/B00UR3A5BO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xvii Amazon Author Bio on Susan McCauley. https://www.amazon.com/Susan-McCauley/e/B00UR3A5BO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

xviii Amazon Author Bio on Susan McCauley. https://www.amazon.com/Susan-McCauley/e/B00UR3A5BO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

Bibliography[edit]

McCauley, Susan. The Demon Tailor (2020). Novella. Publisher: Celtic Sea Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-951069-07-0

McCauley, Susan. Ghost Hunters: Bones in the Wall (2020). Novel. Publisher: Celtic Sea Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-951069-06-3

Graveyard Smash (2020). “The Snow Woman” by Susan McCauley. Anthology. Publisher: Kandisha Press. ISBN: 979-8666526965

McCauley, Susan. The Devil’s Tree (2019). Novel. Publisher: Celtic Sea Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-951069-00-1

Of Kami & Yokai (2019). “The Snow Woman” by Susan McCauley. Anthology. Publisher: Fantasia Divinity Magazine and Publishing. ISBN: 978-1093653250

Snowpocalypse: Tales of the End of the World (2016). “The Snow Woman” by Susan McCauley. Anthology. Publisher: Black Mirror Press. ISBN: 0692739491

Frostfire Worlds (2019). “The Water Witch” by Susan McCauley. Anthology. Publisher: Alban Lake Publishing. ISBN: 978-0578502533

Quoth the Raven (2018). “The Cask” by Susan McCauley. Anthology. Publisher: Camden Park Press. ISBN: 1724190504

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