Cornelia funke is the new york times bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy. Thats why young women pack their things and leave for a new life. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room. In the early 1990s, cornelia funke established herself in her native germany with two series of children books. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. Ap the writer cornelia funke, who imagined a world in which readers can summon characters out of books, will be unleashing a. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 1248268 ratings. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. Much like many other fantasy novels, cornelia funkes books also. Cornelia funke archives andrew nurnberg associates. The new girl chix by funke, cornelia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
If youre at an intermediate german reading level, youre ready for fun, engaging books. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy as well as the thief lord. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. Cornelia funke, author, kerstin meyer, illustrator, illus. Cornelia funke was born on december 10, 1958, to parents karl heinz often called charly and helmi funke. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Cornelia funke is the highly acclaimed, awardwinning and bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and numerous other childrens novels and picture books. Not much is known about her parents but she was born and also grew up in the german town dorsten which is located in the westphilia region.
Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german. Ein wunderbares buch zum selber lesen, vorlesen oder verschenken. Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. Readalikes for cornelia funke if you like cornelia. Tintenwelt trilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Batchelder award as well as the 2004 and 2006 booksense book of the year childrens literature awards, have gained incredible attention, and funke has been dubbed the german j. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. Illustration enfant where luck grows from cornelia funke.
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Born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Inkheart by cornelia funke, first edition, signed abebooks. Cornelia funke is an awardwinning german childrens author, born in dorsten in 1958. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. It is set in modern times and yet manages to weave magic, wizardry and. Discover fantastic savings on high quality cornelia funke books and buy online today. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. She grew up in dorsten, a town located in the northern edge of the german ruhr region. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. In the fall of 2002, she made her brilliant debut in the englishlanguage market with the release of the new york times bestseller the thief lord.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, cornelia funke worked as a. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level.
After completing a course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, she worked as a childrens book illustrator and designed board games. After graduating from university, she worked for three years as a social worker on an educational project for children from difficult and deprived backgrounds. Silvertongue sagely says to his daughter, stories never really end, meggie, even if the books like to pretend they. To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company.
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