The house was lit by candle-light, and there was no telephone or television, so I spent a lot of time drawing and writing stories."Ĭowell attended Keble College, Oxford where she studied English, and she also attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University where she learned illustration.Ĭressida Cowell presently resides in London with her husband Simon, a former director and interim CEO of the International Save the Children Alliance daughters Maisie and Clementine and son Alexander. "From then on, every year we spent four weeks of the summer and two weeks of the spring on the island. How To Train Your Dragon: Cowell, Cressida: 9781444950380: : Books Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 13. "I spent a great deal of time as a child on a tiny, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland.By the time I was eight, my family had built a small stone house on the island, and with the boat, we could fish for enough food to feed the family for the whole summer. She is the daughter of Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham.Īs a child, Cowell states she "grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland," and that it was during summers spent on the Inner Hebrides where she first began to develop her writing and drawing talents: Cressida Cowell was born on 15 April 1966 in London.
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