, ▁Cow ell ▁works ▁with ▁illustr ator ▁Ne al ▁L ay ton ▁in ▁the ▁on going ▁series ▁of ▁Em ily ▁Brown ▁stories . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁That ▁Rab bit ▁Bel ongs ▁to ▁Em ily ▁Brown , ▁won ▁a ▁N est lé ▁Children ’ s ▁Book ▁Award . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁C ress ida ▁Cow ell ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁in ▁London . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Michael ▁H are , ▁ 2 nd ▁Vis count ▁Bla ken ham . ▁Her ▁uncle , ▁by ▁marriage , ▁is ▁U . S ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁justice ▁Stephen ▁Bre yer . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁child , ▁Cow ell ▁states ▁she ▁" g rew ▁up ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁on ▁a ▁small , ▁un in hab ited ▁island ▁off ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Scotland ," ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁during ▁sum mers ▁spent ▁on ▁the ▁Inner ▁Heb rides ▁where ▁she ▁first ▁began ▁to ▁develop ▁her ▁writing ▁and ▁drawing ▁tal ents : ▁ ▁" I ▁spent ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁on ▁a ▁tiny , ▁un in hab ited ▁island ▁off ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Scotland ... By ▁the ▁time ▁I ▁was ▁eight , ▁my ▁family ▁had ▁built ▁a ▁small ▁stone ▁house ▁on ▁the ▁island , ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁boat , ▁we ▁could ▁nearly ▁fish ▁for ▁enough ▁food ▁to ▁feed ▁the ▁family ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁summer . ▁" From ▁then ▁on , ▁every ▁year ▁we ▁spent ▁four ▁weeks ▁of ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁two ▁weeks ▁of