Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children.Ħ. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. Can Hiccup find the King's Things and win the sword-fighting contest to stop Alvin the Treacherous from becoming King of the Wilderwest… You can listen online to free English audiobook “How to Steal a Dragon's Sword” by Cressida Cowell on our website.Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. But worse still, the wicked witch Excellinor has returned. The waters have risen, flooding fields and washing whole villages away. Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed. In How to Steal a Dragon's Sword, bad times have come to the Archipelago. The 3D animated film from the studio that created Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. Film rights were sold to DreamWorks Animation in 2003 for a substantial sum and the filmed version was released into cinemas in March 2010. The story continues in the ninth volume of Hiccups How to Train Your Dragon memoirs read by David Tennant. How to Train Your Dragon has now been published in over thirty languages. For the first four years, the family would be dropped off like castaways on the island by a local boatman and picked up again two weeks later. The island had no roads, houses or electricity.

She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. Cressida Cowell is an English children's author, popularly known for the book series, How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become an award-winning franchise as adapted for the screen by DreamWorks Animation.

How to steal a dragon's sword