Cressida Cowell: It wasn’t cool to be enthusiastic about books!
19 June - 1 hour 6 minsCressida Cowell is on of the most beloved children's authors, selling millions and millions of books worldwide, including 'How to train your dragon' which is now a global film franchise too.
In this episode of Full Disclosure with James O'Brien, Cressida tells us about her loving childhood with summers spent on Little Colonsay in the Inner Hebridies - a small, inhabited island that her environmentalist dad bought. From boarding school to sixth form, she charts back through her love or reading and illustrating to the struggles, and sometimes lack of, that she faced to become a successful author.
A self-proclaimed misfit at school who struggle with concentration and organisation, Cressida te...
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