

She had a brief acting career, e Joy Fielding (née Tepperman born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress. At the age of 8, Joy Tepperman wrote her first story and sent it into a local magazine, and at age 12 sent in her first TV script, however both were rejected. Fielding is also the screenwriter of the television film Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story. She later changed her last name to Fielding (after Henry Fielding) and began writing novels.

As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Joy Fielding (née Tepperman born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress.
