Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room. 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. Beurteilung tintenherz frau resa folchart meggie folchart mortimar folchart mutter freund tante freund geschwister 2005. 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. Noteworthy books for children and teens audiobook recommended 20 great stone face book award grades 46 nominee 20 odyssey award for excellence in audiobook production audiobook honor book inkdeath. Cornelia funke archives andrew nurnberg associates. Many of her books have now been translated into english. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. Tintenherz by cornelia funke 2010 1001 cornelia funke on. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Family life she was born in dorsten, germany to helmi and karlheinz 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. To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone.
The labyrinth of the faun cornelias new book, inspired by guillermo del toros critically acclaimed film pans labyrinth. Cornelia funke sadly, presently do not possess information regarding the performer cornelia funke. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Yellow brick cinema relaxing music recommended for you. We also have the many check out, if every detail are usually real, we will publish on our website. Cornelia funkes own success is now international, demonstrating the universal appeal and power of her storytelling. A film adaptation of the thief lord came out in 2006 and the hollywood production of inkheart was released in 2008. Dec 22, 2014 30 minute relaxing sleep music, sleep meditation, calm music, insomnia, relax, study, sleep, 3257d duration. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. Aug 01, 2008 cornelia funke is one of todays most beloved writers of magical stories for children. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german.
Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Cornelia funke bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 1252338 ratings. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. The pirate pig by funke, cornelia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. Inkheart is my favorate book, and thats saying a lot, because i dont know about you, but im a very very picky reader.
To view some of the selection of cornelia funke books, see below. Many of cornelias titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Author cornelia funke was born in dorsten, germany in 1958. Awards for cornelia funke your guide to fiction books. 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.
Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke. After finishing her studies, cornelia worked for three years as a social worker. She is the author of the thief lord, dragon rider, inkheart, inkspell, the ghosthunters series, when santa fell to earth, and igraine the brave. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women. For example, before writing inkheart, she researched about booksellers, book collectors, book thieves and even book murderers as well as reading about martens and fire. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. Cornelias books have been translated from german into 35 different languages, and include inkheart, inkspell, inkdeath, the thief lord, dragonrider and igraine the brave, and reckless.
Nevertheless, we may appreciate when you have just about any info on this, and are also willing to provide that. Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funke s writing room. In addition to inkheart and other adventure series, she also wrote several standalone books, including the thief lord, dragonrider, and when santa fell to earth. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Her husband rolf, quit his job to help her with her writing. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. When guillermo del toro asked me to write a novelization of pans labyrinth, it really felt like a fairy tale. Silvertongue sagely says to his daughter, stories never really end, meggie, even if the books like to pretend they. 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 one of todays most beloved writers of magical stories for children. Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books.
Below is a list of cornelia funkes books in order of when they were first released in english. 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. 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. In november cornelia funke herself joined the message board to answer some students questions. The pair had frequently discussed doing more projects together, and when cullen suggested a publishing company, he and funke decided to start breathing books. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories.
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