Cressida Cowell
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Cressida Cowell is a British children's author and illustrator, best known for the How to Train Your Dragon series, which DreamWorks Animation made into a film franchise.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 15 April 1966, London (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: English, Keble College, Oxford; illustration at Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University (opens wiqqi.app)
- Awards: Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award for That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown (2006); Blue Peter Book Award for The Wizards of Once (2018) (opens wiqqi.app)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Ogre Downstairs (opens rcmnd.app)
“I’d love to start with The Ogre Downstairs (1974) because that was, for me, at seven or eight a very important book.”
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The Five Children and It (opens rcmnd.app)
“One of the reasons I chose The Five Children and It is for the brilliant characterisation.”
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The Hobbit (opens rcmnd.app)
“I chose The Hobbit over The Lord of the Rings because, as much as I adored The Lord of the Rings, I have a particular fondness for The Hobbit.”
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The Ogre Downstairs (opens rcmnd.app)