Which book addict doesnt know the feeling that the characters in a book can seem. 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 books list of books by author cornelia funke. Illustration by cornelia funke dressler verlagcornelia funke. Ive enjoyed many of her books most of them for children, like dragonrider and the thief lord. This book was a fantasy story centered on a 12year old book lover whose father had an extraordinary gift of bringing the world of books to her life. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. Cornelia funke was voted into the time magazines list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. Cornelia funke is the best childrens writer ive ever known.
Funke and del toro team up on pans labyrinth novel. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories. Silvertongue sagely says to his daughter, stories never really end, meggie, even if the books like to pretend they. In an interview with dw, star kids author cornelia funke spoke about why words can be challenging. Lionel wigram helped to develop reckless with funke. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. She was born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten. Many of her books have now been translated into english.
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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. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women. Funke is best known for the inkheart trilogy, and her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. She is the author of the thief lord, dragon rider, inkheart, inkspell, the ghosthunters series, when santa fell to earth, and igraine the brave. Book arrived undented, corners, cover, pages everything was perfect. Cornelia funke is one of todays most beloved writers of magical stories for children. Cornelia funke is the new york times bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy, the thief lord and a whole host of popular childrens novels and picture books. Inkheart by cornelia funke, inkspell by cornelia funke, inkdeath by cornelia funke, the thief lord by cornelia funke, an. The first edition of the novel was published in september 14th 2010, and was written by cornelia funke. It is the first book in her new mirrorworld series, and her first novel since inkdeath 2008. Mayo, jyoti guptara, breathing books for world rights.
Cornelia funke is the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of the thief lord, dragon rider, and the inkheart trilogy, along with many other chapter and picture books for younger readers. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. In this dark fantasy, funke the inkheart trilogy revisits pans labyrinth, del toros acclaimed 2006 film in which a girl undergoes a series of fairy taleinspired tasks set against the backdrop of 1944 spain. There were books in the kitchen and books in the lavatory. Following university, she worked for three years as a social worker in an educational project, working with children from difficult backgrounds. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy, and also writes the ghosthunters series. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. She has won the book sense childrens literature award twice and the roswitha prize, and was voted into time magazines list of 100 most influential. Below is a list of cornelia funke s books in order of.
The german author, cornelia funke was born in 1958 in dorsten, in the german region of westphalia. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke. The main characters of this fantasy, young adult story are will reckless, jacob reckless. Published on 14 september 2010, reckless was inspired by the tales of the brothers grimm. Cornelia funke one of germanys bestloved childrens authors, cornelia funke first established her huge international fan base with the publication of the new york times bestseller dragon rider.
Illustration of a wild chicks inspired gang of girls for an interview with cornelia funke in sz magazin. Free download or read online reckless pdf epub book. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. Mo, a gentle bookbinder with an extraordinary secret, and his daughter meggie love books, yet he has not read aloud to her since her mother disappeared years ago. The main characters of this fantasy, young adult story are. Cornelia maria funke is a multiple awardwinning german author of childrens fiction. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. 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. Igraine ohnefurcht by cornelia funke nook book ebook. 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. Pdf reckless book by cornelia funke free download 391.
Author cornelia funke was born in dorsten, germany in 1958. Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. Ive read hundreds of different books and rated hundereds of authors i want to become an author someday and i can only dream of being as good as cornelia funke. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. It was definitely packed by someone who cares and loves books.
Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone. The pair had frequently discussed doing more projects together, and when cullen suggested a publishing company, he and funke decided to start breathing books. Inkheart was the first part of a trilogy which was continued with inkspell 2005, which won funke her second booksense book of the. The books in mo and meggies house were stacked under tables, on chairs, in the corners of the rooms. Reckless is a 2010 young adult novel by cornelia funke and lionel wigram. Download and read online for free inkheart by cornelia funke.
Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books. Cornelia funke luke pearson illustration and comics. 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. Jul 25, 2014 cornelia funke is another favourite author illustrator. The reckless anthology kindle edition by funke, cornelia.
Buy pirate girl by cornelia funke, kerstin meyer illustrator online at alibris. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level. This book was different from her others with big illustrations, and a bit of silliness. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, she worked as a designer of board games and as. 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. After finishing her studies, cornelia worked for three years as a social worker. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2000, and was written by cornelia funke. Cornelia funke is popular in many countries, and tonight ill look at her book drachenreiter, which is a pretty simple translation into english as dragon rider. Pirate girl by cornelia funke, kerstin meyer illustrator.
Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 391 pages and is available in hardcover format. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funke s writing room. Cornelia funkes bestselling inkheart trilogy has been a huge hit and been made into a major motion picture. Deeming her a unique talent, time magazine included cornelia on its time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books the. 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. Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide.
Now, i discovered when i looked at the lengths of the books i own in english and german, this is the only one where the german edition is shorter 448 pages than the english edition. Rowlings book, but she missed the most important lessons. Ofelia, must adjust to her new surroundings after she and her pregnant mother move to the north of spain to live with her new stepfather, the. See more ideas about inkheart series, books and book worms. 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. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the reckless anthology. She launched to fame with dragon rider in 1997 and has since become one of germanys most successful authors. The book was dexteriously wrapped in 4 different type of wrappings. The combined printing run for the first hardcover edition was 1,000,000 copies. Thienemann esslinger germany, coppenrath germany, gerstenberg germany, wallstein verlag germany, w1 media, and others. Published in 2006, ghosthunters and the incredibly revolting ghost is the first of a four book series by cornelia funke.
Inkheart is my favorate book, and thats saying a lot, because i dont know about you, but im a very very picky reader. Lokalzeit ruhr cornelia funke zeigt illustrationen in. Free download or read online the thief lord pdf epub book. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. Oct 14, 2003 download audiobooks by cornelia funke at and save. Pacing is essential, and books dont get long by larding them up with lots of unnecessary description and pointless toing and froing. 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. Toll, wie packend cornelia funke diese geschicht geschrieben hat. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 350 pages and is available in paperback format. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german. Order of cornelia funke books cornelia funke is a german author of adventure and fantasy childrensya novels.