Cassia Joy Summers (1936-08-07) 7 August 1936 (age 87) Levin, New Zealand
Pen name
Joy Cowley
Occupation
Writer
Language
English
Period
1967–present
Notable awards
Honorary DLitt (Massey University)
Spouse
Ted Cowley (c. 1956–1967)
Malcolm Mason
(m. 1970; died 1985)
Terry Coles
(m. 1989; died 2022)
Website
joycowley.com
Cassia Joy CowleyONZ DCNZM OBE (née Summers; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular series of books Mrs. Wishy-Washy.[1][2][3]
^"Sir "too grand by far", Sam Neill says". 3 News. Auckland, New Zealand: MediaWorks. 1 August 2009. OCLC 232357870. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012. Cassia Joy Cowley, DCNZM, OBE, Wellington
^Cowley, Joy (March 2006). "Interview (extract from Questions Kids Ask Joy Cowley, Scholastic 1996)". The official Joy Cowley Website. Featherston, New Zealand: Joy Cowley. OCLC 182891478. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^"Joy Cowley". Storylines.org.nz. Auckland, New Zealand: Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
Cassia JoyCowley ONZ DCNZM OBE (née Summers; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular...
The JoyCowley Award was established by Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand in 2002 to honour the outstanding contribution to children's...
for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including JoyCowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty...
1971 British thriller film based on the novel Nest in a Fallen Tree by JoyCowley about two women who are visited by a suspicious handy man. It was adapted...
Tusitala Marsh and Hone Tuwhare, children's authors Margaret Mahy and JoyCowley, historians Michael King and Judith Binney, and playwright Roger Hall...
The popular children's book The Kangaroo from Wooloomooloo (written by JoyCowley; illustrated by Rodney McRae, 1985), featured , among a wide variety of...
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Esther Glen Award Margaret Mahy Award JoyCowley Award List of New Zealand literary awards Children and Young Adult Literature...
Languages Madan Puraskar Esther Glen Award – for children's literature JoyCowley Award – for children's literature Sir Julius Vogel Award – for science...
bringing "a whimsical touch”. She has illustrated books by Margaret Mahy and JoyCowley (including the popular Greedy Cat series). With author Jennifer Beck,...
Eva Eriksson Frida Nilsson Gavin Bishop Gitte Spee Grégoire Solotareff JoyCowley Kate De Goldi Margaret Mahy Michal Shalev Rose Lagercrantz Stéphanie Blake...
student uses, just the starting point. Children's literature portal Authors JoyCowley Kate Harrington Types Anthology Primer Graded readers Alphabet book Education...
Writer 81 Penny Jamieson DCNZM 7 June 2004 Former Bishop of Dunedin 81 JoyCowley ONZ DCNZM OBE 6 June 2005 Writer 87 Patricia Grace DCNZM QSO 4 June 2007...
Clark Bob Charles Albert Wendt Ron Carter Peter Gluckman Richie McCaw JoyCowley Mason Durie Anne Salmond Additional members Michael Duffy C. K. Stead...
Lloyd Jones and Eleanor Catton. Children's authors Margaret Mahy and JoyCowley have made a significant contribution to New Zealand children's literature...
Annual Ink. ISBN 9780995113589 (Illustrator) Cowley, Joy. (2019.) The Gobbledegook Book: A JoyCowley Anthology. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776572588 (Illustrator)...
this award was known as the A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award. 2004 – JoyCowley 2002 – Maurice Shadbolt 2001 – Dame Fiona Kidman 2000 – Allen Curnow This...
May La; Slade, Robert W.; Schroder, Wayne A.; Hyatt, Alex D.; Gardner, Joy; Cowley, Jeff; Suhrbier, Andreas; Baylis, Matthew (5 February 2009). "Ticks associated...
documentary was broadcast on New Zealand national television. In 2009, JoyCowley and Mary Clover Bibby wrote the children's book, Tārore and her Book....
(born 1951) Barbara Anderson (1926–2013) Catherine Chidgey (born 1970) JoyCowley (born 1936) Nigel Cox (1951–2006) Barry Crump (1935–1996) Tessa Duder...
World Kevin Hawley 1995 The Little Engine Julie Holland 1995 The Yukadoos JoyCowley 1996 Received a 1996 Newsweek Editor's Choice Award. There's a Dinosaur...
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