
Joy Cowley |
Joy Cowley
New Zealand | Literatuur Author Joy Cowley is a prolific, widely published and much-celebrated writer of fiction for adults and children. She began her career writing short stories and novels, followed by children’s literature. She has published numerous novels, as well as short stories in journals, anthologies and in book-length collections. She has written a remarkable range of children’s books and stories, often illustrated by renowned artists. Joy Cowley was made a Distinguished Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children's literature in 2005 - http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Cowley,%20Joy
'One person's commitment to peace can make a difference. My Vietnam War protest became a children's book 'The Duck in the Gym' which became part of the Hiroshima Peace Museum library and set reading for Japanese children, yet that book began as a feeling of helplessness in the face of war'
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