ABOUT THE AUTHOR How to Train Your Dragon is the first volume of Hiccup's memoirs. Most of all, Hiccup the Bloodthirsty Karasik III became famous for his grandiose work on natural history, Viking Dragons and Their Eggs, which lists all the dragons known to man. He has published two other scholarly works, A Textbook of Draconic Language and Mermaids and Other Monsters, and I am a regular contributor to the Great Dragon Monthly. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Cressida Cowell lives in London. Her husband Simon, daughters Maisie and Clementine, and two cats, Lily and Baloo, live with her. She not only translates Hiccup's memoirs, but also writes and illustrates books, including Hiccup and Seasickness, Claydon the Clingy Child, Little Bo Peep's Library, and Don't Do It, Kitty Kilroy!