Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell FRSL is a British children's author, popularly known for the book series, How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become an award-winning film franchise as adapted by DreamWorks Animation. As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies around the world. In addition to her other publications, Cowell works with illustrator Neal Layton in the ongoing series of Emily Brown stories.

The first in the series, That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, won a Nestlé Children’s Book Award.