Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell is the author and illustrator of the internationally bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series, which is published in 37 languages. She 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. How to Train Your Dragon is a major DreamWorks Animation feature film series: the first film received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score; the sequel was released in Summer 2014. An animated How to Train Your Dragon TV series, Riders of Berk, airs on Cartoon Network. Also the author of picture books, Cressida won the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2006. Cressida is proud to be an Ambassador for the National Literacy Trust.