Rosemary McLeod is a New Zealand writer, journalist, cartoonist and columnist. McLeod has written for New Zealand's major publications, including North & South, the Dominion, Sunday Star-Times, and the Listener.

McLeod was devisor and principal writer of iconic TV soap Gloss

Gloss (TV series)

Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family....

, which won the award for best TV drama in 1989. From 1995 to 2000, she was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Authority

Broadcasting Standards Authority

The Broadcasting Standards Authority is a New Zealand Crown Entity created by the Broadcasting Act 1989 to develop and uphold standards of broadcasting for radio, free-to-air and pay television.The main functions of the BSA are:...

. McLeod has been a judge of the MovieFest competition since its inception in 2003.

Her book, Thrift to Fantasy: Home textile crafts of the 1930s-1950s won a Montana Book Award in 2006.