Cressida Cowell

Author and Illustrator Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019 – 2021)
Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell

Author and Illustrator Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019 – 2021)

Biography

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell is the number one bestselling author-illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once book series. How to Train Your Dragon is also an award-winning DreamWorks film franchise. Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust, a trustee for World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.