Joy Watson

Joy Watson
Occupation	Author, School Dental Nurse
Language	English
Nationality	New Zealander
Notable works	Grandpa's Slippers
Notable awards	Gaelyn Gordon Award New Zealand Post Award

Joy Watson (born 1938) is an award-winning New Zealand author of children's books, many of which have been published by Scholastic Corporation.

Watson was born in Gisborne in February 1938 to a farming family who was educated by correspondence although she later attended school at Waipukurau and St Mary's College, Wellington. After finishing school, she trained and worked as a dental nurse until she married at age twenty.

In 2012, Joy Watson dedicated preschool story time to the community of Hastings for New Zealand Book Month.