

She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now'magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. The first book in Cressida's new series, The Wizards of Once (also signed by DreamWorks), is a number one bestseller.Ĭressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC.

How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages. Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon book series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.
