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Bio
Sue Orr is a New Zealand fiction writer, journalist and creative writing teacher. She currently lives in Wellington and teaches creative writing at Rimutaka and Arohata prisons, and in women’s refuges in the region.
| Name | Sue Orr |
| Net Worth | $1 million |
| Occupation | Fiction writer, Journalist, Teacher |
| Age | 60 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Sue Orr was born in 1962 (age 60 years) in Thames, New Zealand. She is the daughter of New Zealand parents. Sue spent her childhood on the Hauraki Plains. She has a BA in History and French from the University of Waikato, a Diploma in Journalism from Auckland Technical Institute, and an MA and Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Orr has worked as a journalist in New Zealand (in Tokoroa, Tauranga, Wellington), the UK, and France. Since completing her MA in 2006, Sue Orr has been writing fiction and teaching creative writing at Manukau Institute of Technology and Massey University.
Orr has published four works of fiction:
Etiquette for a Dinner Party: Short Stories (2008, Random House)
From Under the Overcoat (2011, Random House)
Recreation (2013, Random House)
The Party Line (2015, Random House)
Loop Tracks (2021, Victoria University Press)
Sue Orr’s Loop Tracks was inspired by a friend who used Sisters Overseas Service in the late 1970s to obtain an abortion. Set in Wellington, it covers many issues: abortion, adoption, euthanasia, family relationships and the Covid 19 lockdown.
Short stories by Sue Orr have also appeared in a number of anthologies including Best New Zealand Fiction 4, Lost in Translation: New Zealand Short Stories, and The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories. She has also been published in Sport 35, Turbine, and the New Zealand Listener.
In 2008 Etiquette for a Dinner Party: Short Stories was long-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and won the Lilian Ida Smith Award in 2007. It was also listed in the Top 100 Books of 2008 by the New Zealand Listener.
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At the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards, From Under the Overcoat won the People’s Choice Award. In 2011 Sue Orr received the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Mark Broatch.
Husband
Sue Orr is married to her husband Adrian Orr, they had their wedding in New Zealand. Her husband is an economist and banker who is the current governor Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The couple has three children together. She stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality. As of mid-2022, Sue Orr and her husband Adrian Orr are still married.
Sue Orr net worth
How much is Sue Orr worth? Sue Orr net worth is estimated at around $1 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as a fiction writer, journalist and creative writing teacher. Sue Orr’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $200,000 dollars annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential female journalists in New Zealand.