Cressida Cowell (born April 15, 1966) is an English children writer, famous for his novel series, How to Train Your Dragon , which then becomes an award-winning franchise as tailored for screen by DreamWorks Animation. By 2015, the series has sold over seven million copies worldwide.
In addition to other publications, Cowell works with illustrator Neal Layton in the ongoing series of Emily Brown stories. The first in the series, The Hare That Belongs to Emily Brown , won the NestlÃÆ' Â © Children's Book Award.
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Personal life
Cressida Cowell was born on April 15, 1966 in London. He is the daughter of Michael Hare, Viscount Blakenham 2nd. His uncle, with marriage, was the US judge, Stephen Breyer.
As a child, Cowell stated that he "grew up in London and on an uninhabited small island off the west coast of Scotland," and that it was during the summer spent at Inner Hebrides where he first began developing his writing and drawing talents:
- "I spent a lot of time as a child on an uninhabited small island off the west coast of Scotland... By the time I was eight years old, my family had built a small stone house on the island, and with boat, we can lure enough food to feed the family during the summer.
"Since then, every year we spend four summer weeks and two spring weeks on the island.The house is illuminated by candlelight, and there is no phone or television, so I spend a lot of time drawing and writing stories."
Cowell attended Keble College, Oxford where he studied English, and he also studied at the Saint Martin School of Art and the University of Brighton where he studied illustrations.
Cressida Cowell currently lives in London with her husband Simon, former director and interim CEO of Save the Children International Alliance; Maisie and Clementine daughters; and Alexander's son.
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Job list
How to Train Your Dragon book
- How to Train Your Dragon (2003)
- How to Become a Pirate (2004)
- How to Speak Dragons (2005)
- How to Beat the Dragon Curse (2006)
- How to Train Your Vikings, by Toothless the Dragon (2006)
- How to Play Drag Stories (2007)
- Hero's Guide for the Deadly Dragon (2008)
- How to Drive a Drag Storm (2008)
- How to Break the Dragon's Heart (2009)
- How to Steal a Dragon Sword (2011)
- Day of the Dreader (2012)
- How to Seize the Dragon Gem (2012)
- How to Betray a Dragon Hero (2013)
- How to Fight Drag Anger (2015)
- Dragon Complete Book: Guides for Dragon Species (2014)
- A Journal for Heroes (2015)
Emily Brown book
- That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
- Emily Brown and the Thing
- Emily Brown and Elephant Emergency
- Cheer up Teddy Bear, Emily Brown!
Other books
- Little Bo Peep's Troublesome Sheep
- Do not Do That Kitty Kilroy
- What We Should Do with Boo-Hoo Baby
- There's no such thing as Ghostie!
- Father in the month
- Hiccup the Seasick Viking
- The Wizards of Once
Awards
- 2006 NestlÃÆ' Â © Children's Book Awards, Gold Awards 0-5 year category: The Rabbit That Is Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & amp; Neal Layton (Orchard Books)
References
External links
- Cressida Cowell (official site)
- How to Train your Dragon novel series (official website)
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