Cornelia funke was voted into the time magazines list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. 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. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. Cornelia funke is one of the best selling childrens writers in the world. With absolutely gorgeous illustrations they give a wonderful presentation of the world. Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. Her books have sold tens of millions of copies, and they include the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and the reckless series. Books on the tv set and in the closet, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick and thin, books old and new. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy.
The adderheadhis immortality bound in a book by meggies father, mohas ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 1252338 ratings. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german. Cornelia maria funke is a multiple awardwinning german author of childrens fiction. Honestly, i was surprised i hadnt read this cornelia funke book yet.
Cornelia funke audiobooks download instantly today. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy as well as the thief lord. The masterful conclusion to the epic, awardwinning, nyt bestselling inkheart trilogy by internationally acclaimed author cornelia funke. Author cornelia funke was born in dorsten, germany in 1958. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke. Ein wunderbares buch zum selber lesen, vorlesen oder verschenken. Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. Cornelia funke librarything catalog your books online. A book i would compare dragon rider to is the shades children by garth nix. Cornelia funke, author of the international bestseller the thief lord, makes her brilliant debut as a picturebook writer with this winning tale of a young princesss adventure.
Silvertongue sagely says to his daughter, stories never really end, meggie, even if the books like to pretend they. Cornelia funke is the highly acclaimed, awardwinning and bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy, drago rider,i, the thief lord and the reckless series, which is published by pushkin. Ghost knight by cornelia funke fantasyhorror 4th grade and up finally finishing up reading the hong kong battle of the books selections for this year. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy, and also writes the ghosthunters series. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication. 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.
Free public domain free premium 50% off 50 specials. Oct 01, 2011 funke has written numerous books including dragon rider, when santa fell to earth, igraine the brave, reckless, saving mississippi, inkheart, inkspell, inkdeath, igraine the brave, and the princess knight. Many of her books have now been translated into english. Find out information on the author cornelia funke, and read excerpts from her books dragon rider, the thief lord, the inktrilogy, and the new ghost hunters series following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, cornelia funke worked as a designer and illustrator of childrens books. She was born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten. The official website of bestselling author cornelia funke, where you will find all the latest news and much more about cornelia and her books, including the mirrorworld series, the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord, and, and, and. They dont end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page. Cornelia funke is the hugely successful author of the inkheart trilogy, the thief lord and a whole host of other popular childrens novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the german tow of dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. 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. Sep 24, 2015 the writer cornelia funke, who imagined a world in which readers can summon characters out of books, will be unleashing a whirlwind from the pages of her latest novel herself, as she becomes the. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level.
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. Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. They welcomed meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened. In november cornelia funke herself joined the message board to answer some students questions. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback.
The peasants only defense is a band of outlaws led by the bluejaymos fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Both books are very fast pace and thrilling throughout the whole story. Many of cornelias titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women.
Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. The reckless anthology kindle edition by funke, cornelia. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. Inkdeath by cornelia funke at the best online ebook storage. The inkworld books, which have won the 2003 mildred l. Order of cornelia funke books cornelia funke is a german author of adventure and fantasy childrensya novels.
Funke is best known for the inkheart trilogy, and her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. 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. Cornelia funke by hildegunde latsch overdrive rakuten. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 12524 ratings. Dragon rider stands out from all other fantasy books since there are many creatures that are very original in the book, ones that cornelia funke made up. Oct 14, 2003 download audiobooks by cornelia funke at and save. Dragon rider stands out from all other fantasy books since there are many creatures that are very original in.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the reckless anthology. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Books by cornelia funke cornelia funke average rating 3. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funke s writing room. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker.