Joy Cowley General Information Joy Cowley was born on 7 August 1936 in Levin New Zealand. Joy Cowleys birth name was Cassia Joy Summers. When she was little she wanted to be an artist, but like telling stories. She started writing because one of her children had a reading problem, so she started writing books, so he could learn to read. She has eight cats, about twenty sheep, some hens, a dog and a goose. For her 60th birthday she went bungy jumping. She has 4 children. and 13 grand children. she was little she played hockey in Winter & swimming in Summer. She goes on adventures with her grand children.