As per our current Database, Joy Cowley is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Joy Cowley is 88 years, 2 months and 29 days old. Joy Cowley will celebrate 89rd birthday on a Thursday 7th of August 2025. Below we countdown to Joy Cowley upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Joy Cowley |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 7, 1936 (Levin, New Zealand) |
| Birthday | August 7 |
| Town/City | Levin, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
Joy Cowley’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Joy Cowley was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
A children's author, Novelist and short story Writer, she is best known for such works of children's literature as The Silent One (1981) and Bow Down Shadrach (1991). Her novels for adults, including Man of Straw (1972) and The Growing Season (1979), typically focus on family struggles.
Her birth name was Cassia Joy Summers, and she was born in Levin, New Zealand. She received an honorary doctorate from Massey University.
She published five hundred reading instruction books and was actively involved in teaching reading skills to children and the learning disabled.
She was married three times-- to Ted Cowley, Malcolm Mason, and Terry Coles-- and had two sons and two daughters.
Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree, was made into a 1971 film with a screenplay by the renowned children's author, Roald Dahl.
