Cressida Cowell’s multimillion- selling How to Train Your Dragon is one of the most-loved series of children’s books – and the last one, How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury, was published in 2015. After twelve Dragon books and a blockbuster 2010 DreamWorks film, Cressida is launching another magical world with The Wizards of Once, the first in a high-adventure series set in an enchanted Bronze Age landscape and featuring wizard prince Xar and warrior princess Wish.
‘Starting a new series was quite emotional for me’, confesses Cressida. ‘I’m a story writer but I’m also interested in getting children reading and writing. I knew I wanted to carry on writing, getting children of today reading with the same enthusiasm I had when I was a child. So I wanted to write something I cared about as much as I cared about the Hiccup books.’