Books
Cowell has published ten full novels to date based around the adventures of Hiccup, the first published in 2003 and the latest published in 2012. The books all have titles based around an instruction guide:
- How To Train Your Dragon, published in 2003.
- How To Be A Pirate, published in 2004.
- How To Speak Dragonese, published in 2005.
- How To Cheat A Dragon's Curse, published in 2006.
- How To Twist A Dragon's Tale, published in 2007.
- A Hero's Guide To Deadly Dragons, published in 2008.
- How To Ride A Dragon's Storm, published in 2008.
- How To Break A Dragon's Heart, published in 2009.
- How To Steal A Dragon's Sword, published in 2011.
- How To Seize A Dragon's Jewel, published in 2012.
In addition to these ten main novels, Cowell has also published other supplementary stories as part of the series: The Day Of The Dreader is a short story published in 2012 and the novel How To Train Your Viking was published as part of World Book Day 2006 and is claimed to be written by the dragon Toothless and translated by Cowell. A picture book, Hiccup the Seasick Viking published in 2000, is not considered a part of the series despite featuring the same character of Hiccup.
Cowell cites the Inner Hebrides of Scotland as an inspiration for the book.
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