Cressida Cowell is an English children's author who wrote the Hiccup series of books.

Personal life

Cowell lives in London with her husband Simon, a former director and interim CEO of the International Save the Children Alliance

International Save the Children Alliance

The International Save The Children Alliance is a worldwide non-profit organisation which aims to improve the living of children. There are 27 Save the Children member organisations around the world....

; daughters Maisie and Clementine; and son Alexander. She is the daughter of Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham

Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham

Michael John Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham , is a British peer and the son of John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham and Beryl Nancy Pearson and was chairman of Pearson PLC from 1993 to 1997. His son the Hon. Caspar John Hare is his heir apparent.He is the owner of the island of Little Colonsay in the...

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One of her children's novels

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

, How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon is a series of nine books set in a fictional Viking world. The books were published starting in 2003 as children's novels written by British author Cressida Cowell and published by Hodder Children's Books...

 has been made into a movie

How to Train Your Dragon (film)

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 3D computer-animated action fantasy film by DreamWorks Animation loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name. The film stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher...

 that was released on 26 March 2010.

How to Train Your Dragon books

• How to Train Your Dragon
  How to Train Your Dragon
  How to Train Your Dragon is a series of nine books set in a fictional Viking world. The books were published starting in 2003 as children's novels written by British author Cressida Cowell and published by Hodder Children's Books...
  
  (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 (2009)
• How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (2011)

Emily Brown books

• That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"

• Emily Brown and the Thing
• Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency

Other books

• Little Bo Peep’s Troublesome Sheep
• Don’t Do That Kitty Kilroy
• What Shall We Do with the Boo-Hoo Baby
• There's No Such Thing as a Ghostie!
• Daddy on the moon

External links

• Cressida Cowell (official site)