 As well as writing several plays, McAuliffe has published two novels, "The Crime Tsar", based loosely on "Macbeth"; and "A Fanny Full of Soap", a comic novel about the pre-West End run of a stage musical, plus a children's story, "Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle", both in 2003.She is also an occasional contributor to newspapers such as the "Daily Mail".In 2015, her play "Maurice's Jubilee" was produced in the Moscow Art Theatre under the title "The Jeweller's Jubilee" and received good reviews.