![]() ![]() “Every year from when I was a baby we would be dropped off on this uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. “When I was a child my dad worked in London but he was a very keen bird-watcher. Speaking at Windsor Castle, Cowell told the PA news agency: “The series is set in a real place, it’s really about Viking Scotland. She said there was no electricity on the island, and while her father pursued fishing and bird-watching, she delved into fantasy tales written by real-world Vikings who once lived there. The story is set on the uninhabited Scottish Isle of Berk, where Cowell spent every summer since she was born with her father. In a world where Vikings are the mortal enemies of dragons, Stoick is the chief dragon slayer, but Hiccup cannot bring himself to follow in his father’s footsteps after growing attached to a dragon named Toothless. ![]() ![]() The storyline of How To Train Your Dragon, which sold 11 million copies and became a DreamWorks film series, centres around a macho father and Viking leader called Stoick the Vast, and his small, clumsy but inventive son Hiccup. The Children’s Laureate said the relationship between the books’ central Viking characters, Stoick and Hiccup, is based on her own relationship with her father.Ĭowell received her honour for Services to Children’s Literature from the Princess Royal, in a ceremony she described as “really thrilling and exciting”. Cressida Cowell has revealed the central storyline of her fantasy series, How To Train Your Dragon, is “very autobiographical” as she was recognised for her writing with an MBE at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. ![]()
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