Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children. Her Books:
- How to Train Your Dragon (2003)
- How to Be a Pirate (2004)
- How to Speak Dragonese (2005)
- How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse (2006)
- How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale (2007)
- A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons (2008)
- How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm (2008)
- How to Break a Dragon’s Heart (2010)
- How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (2011)
- How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (2012)
Series
Books
The Twins Track a Tiger
2021
The Tiny Detectives Can Trees Talk?
2021
The Twins Track Down a Triceratops
2019
Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency
2010
The Twins Take On a T-Rex
2019
Twice Magic
2018
The Twins Pursue a Penguin
2020
How to Train Your Dragon
2003
The Twins Discover a Dodo
2020
Little Bo Peep's Library Book
1998
The Twins Meet a Monkey
2020
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
2013
Hiccup
1999
How to Train Your Dragon Gift Set #2
2011
How to Speak Dragonese
2005
Little Bo Peep's Troublesome Sheep
2009
Never and Forever
2020
The Twins Greet a Great Auk
2020
The Twins Meet a Mystery Dinosaur
2019
How to Break a Dragon's Heart
2009
How to Train Your Dragon Boxed Set
2010
The Twins Follow a Polar Bear
2023
Emily Brown and Father Christmas
2018
Emily Brown and the Thing
2007
The Twins meet two Tyrannosaurs
2019
How to Be a Pirate
2004
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
2007
The Twins meet a Hatzegopteryx
2019
The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily
2018
The Twins Help a Pink Dolphin
2020
How to Train Your Dragon
The Complete Series
2017
How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
2008
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
2012
The Complete Book of Dragons
A Guide to Dragon Species
2014
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
2006
How to Train Your Dragon
A Journal for Heroes
2014
The Twins have a Picnic with a Spinosaurus
2019
The Twins Play with a Plesiosaur
2019
Which Way to Anywhere
2022
The Day of the Dreader
2012
Los mellizos ayudan a un Hadrosaurio
2019
Claydon Was a Clingy Child
2001
The Twins Walk With A Woolly Mammoth
2020
Tamesis Street
2021
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury
2015
The Twins Meet a Massospondylus
2019
Los mellizos descubren un diplodocus
2019
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
2008
The Twins Meet a Quagga
2020
The Wizards of Once
2017
How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
2011
The Twins Climb a Camarasaurus
2019
Cheer Up Your Teddy Bear, Emily Brown!
2011
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
2006
Bliźnięta ratują stegozaura
2019
How to Train Your Viking, by Toothless the Dragon
2006
Knock Three Times
2019
