What is Cressida Cowell?
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox writer | name = Cressida Cowell | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature|FRSL]] | image = 10.8.17CressidaCowellByLuigiNovi1.jpg | caption = Cowell in 2017 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|4|15}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | nationality = | occupation = Writer | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] | notableworks = ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (novel series)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' | signature = Cressida Cowell signature.svg | website = {{url|www.cressidacowell.co.uk}} | children = 3 | spouse = Simon Cowell }} '''Cressida Cowell''' is a British writer most known for the [[How To Train Your Dragon (book series)|Hiccup books]]. == Life == Cressida Cowell was born in England in 1966. Her father Michael Hare was a [[Viscount]]. When she was a child she often vacationed in [[Scotland]] where she started to draw. Cressida married a man named Simon John Cowell. == Writing == In 1998, Cressida Cowell started to write children’s books with the book Little Wonder. After writing several other books, she wrote Hiccup the Viking who was Seasick about a [[Vikings|Viking]] child named Hiccup who is afraid of the [[Ocean]] even though his father Stoick doesn’t want him to be afraid of anything. She published it in 2001. It inspired her to write [[How To Train Your Dragon (book)|How To Train Your Dragon]] in 2003 and the other [[How To Train Your Dragon (book series)|Hiccup books]]. Cowell also won an award for her book “The Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown.” == Other websites == {{commonscat}} {{official website}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowell, Cressida}} [[Category:British writers]] [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]]