Cressida Cowell

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Cressida Cowell (born 15 April 1966) is an English children's author best known for the book book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has since been turned into an award-winning franchise, which has been adapted for the screen by DreamWorks Animation.

The series has sold more than 7 million copies around the world in addition to her other publications, illustrator Neal Layton co-created the continuing collection of Emily Brown stories.

That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, the first in the series, received a Nestlé Children's Book Award.

Personal life

The Hon. Cressida Cowell was born in London on April 15, 1966. She is Michael Hare, the 2nd Viscount Blakenham's daughter. Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court justice who married her uncle, is the embodiment of U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.

Cowell says she grew up in London and on a tiny, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, and that it was during summers spent on the Inner Hebrides, where she first learned her writing and drawing skills.

"We spent four weeks of the summer and two weeks in spring on the island from then on." Since there was no telephone or television, I spent a lot of time drawing and writing stories."

Cowell studied English at Keble College, Oxford, and she also attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University, where she learned illustration.

Cressida Cowell and her husband Simon, a former director and interim CEO of the International Save the Children Alliance; daughters Maisie and Clementine; and Alexander.

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Awards

• 2006 Nestlé Children’s Book Prize, Gold Award, 0–5 years category: That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton (Orchard Books)
• 2018 Blue Peter Book Award, Best Story category: The Wizards of Once (Hodder Children's Books)
• 2019 Children’s Laureate