Residence London, United Kingdom Name Cressida Cowell Occupation Writer | Alma mater University of Oxford Nationality English Spouse Simon Cowell | |
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Born 15 April 1966 (age 58) ( 1966-04-15 ) London, United Kingdom Notable work How to Train Your Dragon Role Author · cressidacowell.co.uk Movies How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2 Children Clementine Cowell, Alexander Cowell, Maisie Cowell Awards Nestle Smarties Book Prize Books How To Speak Dragonese, How to Be a Pirate, How To Twist A Dragon's, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Cheat a Dragon's Similar People Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Jay Baruchel, John Powell, Craig Ferguson | ||
Cressida cowell
Cressida Cowell (born 15 April 1966) is an English children's author, popularly known for the novel series, How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become an award-winning franchise as adapted for the screen by DreamWorks Animation. As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies around the world.
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- Cressida cowell
- Author cressida cowell interview how to train your dragon 2
- Personal life
- How to Train Your Dragon books
- Emily Brown books
- Other books
- Awards
- References
In addition to her other publications, Cowell works with illustrator Neal Layton in the ongoing series of Emily Brown stories. The first in the series, That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, won a Nestlé Children’s Book Award.
Author cressida cowell interview how to train your dragon 2
Personal life
Cressida Cowell was born on 15 April 1966 in London. She is the daughter of Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham. Her uncle, by marriage, is U.S Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.
As a child, Cowell states she "grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland," and that it was during summers spent on the Inner Hebrides where she first began to develop her writing and drawing talents:
"I spent a great deal of time as a child on a tiny, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland...By the time I was eight, my family had built a small stone house on the island, and with the boat, we could fish for enough food to feed the family for the whole summer."From then on, every year we spent four weeks of the summer and two weeks of the spring on the island. The house was lit by candle-light, and there was no telephone or television, so I spent a lot of time drawing and writing stories."
Cowell attended Keble College, Oxford where she studied English, and she also attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University where she learned illustration.
Cressida Cowell presently resides in London with her husband Simon, a former director and interim CEO of the International Save the Children Alliance; daughters Maisie and Clementine; and son Alexander.