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Joy Cowley

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Born: August 06 1936

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Cassia Joy Cowley, a fiction writer for children and adults, was born in Levin and educated at Palmerston North GHS and Pharmacy College. She has been published so widely and to such acclaim that she received a Commemoration Medal in 1990, the OBE in 1992 for her services to children’s literature, the Margaret Mahy Award Lecture in 1993 and an honorary doctorate from Massey University in 1993. In 2004, she received the A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Joy has contributed many stories, plays, and poems to New Zealand's School Journal, as far back as the 1960s and as recently as 2010. She is internationally recognised for her contribution to children's literacy and has written more than 600 early readers, along with novels and poetry for children.

She has also worked as a teacher of creative writing for children in more than 10 countries and won critical acclaim for her adult novels and short stories.

She was made a Distinguished Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children's literature at the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours. And in 2010 she received a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. She currently lives in Wellington.

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Joy Cowley

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Books from Joy Cowley

Dan The Flying Man

Where Horses Run Free: A Dream for the American Mustang

The Bedtime Train

Writing from the Heart: How to Write for Children

The Kangaroo from Woolloomooloo

Along Came Greedy Cat

Hairy Bear

Lion, King, and Coin

Friends: Snake And Lizard

The Kick-a-Lot Shoes

The Person from Planet X

The Cheese Trap

Smarty Pants

The Birthday Cake

Mr. Owl's Bakery: Counting in Groups

Yuck Soup

Song of the Mekong River: Vietnam (Global Kids Storybooks)

Windmill de Kat: Netherlands

The Way to the Orsay Museum: France

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