Welcome behind the mirror and to the writing house of cornelia funke. 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. Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books. C ornelia funke was born in germany and began her career as an illustrator, taking up writing only when she grew bored with the stories by other people she. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Cornelia funke was born in dorste, germany in 1953. Cornelia funke bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Cornelia funke offers advice to aspiring writers and describes her most precious memory. In an interview with dw, star kids author cornelia funke spoke about why words. 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. Although she quickly became one of the most popular childrens authors in germany, cornelia funke was. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. As a child she dreamed of becoming an astronaut until she discovered the military training involved so she trained to be social worker. After graduating from the university of hamburg, she worked as a social worker for three years. Cornelia maria funke is a multiple awardwinning german author of childrens fiction. 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.
To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Oct 14, 2003 download audiobooks by cornelia funke at and save. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. She studied education in hamburg but later shifted her academic focus to mastering illustration and drawing. Her inkheart books were adapted into a 2008 movie by the same name, which starred rafi gavron. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new.
As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then she decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german. Only very few authors who can write compelling children books like cornelia funke has. Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke. Although she quickly became one of the most popular childrens authors in germany, cornelia funke was practically unknown in the united states or great britain. 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.
This book tells a captivating tale with simple, straightforward and yet colorful german. The inkworld books, which have won the 2003 mildred l. Deeming her a unique talent, time magazine included cornelia on its time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Many of her books have now been translated into english. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level. There are many books of funke translated into english. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room. Gifted at writing and illustrating books in the fantasy genre, funke became even better known to american audiences in 2008 with the release of the film, inkheart based on one of her most popular series. Much like many other fantasy novels, cornelia funkes books also. In dorsten, a little town in the midst of germany not very pretty.
Cornelia funke archives andrew nurnberg associates. The german author, cornelia funke was born in 1958 in dorsten, in the german region of westphalia. 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. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally published in germany. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funke s writing room. In the 1890s and early 1990s, cornelia funke became a wellknown author of children books in her native. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books the guardian. Cornelia funke one of germany s bestloved childrens authors, cornelia funke first established her huge international fan base with the publication of the new york times bestseller dragon rider. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. Cornelia funke appeared on show 301, recorded in san francisco, ca, on february 14, 2015. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. 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. She had two children anna and ben with her husband, rolf frahm.
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. Many of cornelias titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Cornelia funke is germany s bestselling childrens author after j. Oct 01, 2011 author cornelia maria funke was born in dorsten, germany on december 10, 1958. Following university, she worked for three years as a social worker in an educational project, working with children from difficult backgrounds. 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 has 207 books on goodreads with 1250298 ratings. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. 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.
Tintenwelt trilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. The writer cornelia funke, who imagined a world in which readers can. Even though funke is from germany, now she lives in beverly hills, california. Cornelia funke was born in 10 december 1958 in west germany and after graduating college, took up a career in social work. It is set in modern times and yet manages to weave magic, wizardry and. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy as well as the thief lord. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Cornelia funke is an awardwinning german childrens author, born in dorsten in. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers.
Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books the. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories.
After finishing her studies, cornelia worked for three years as a social worker. Program bio for show 301 cornelia funke narratorauthor 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. In the early 1990s, cornelia funke established herself in her native germany with two series of children books. Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. Author cornelia maria funke was born in dorsten, germany on december 10, 1958. Toll, wie packend cornelia funke diese geschicht geschrieben hat. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. 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. The second book in cornelia funkes popular the wild chicks series, the. Revision of dragonrider 3 first 15 chapters the book will be in english first. Check other interesting facts about funke in the below post. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord.
In 1979, the german childrens book writer michael ende decided to take a. German author will selfpublish the english version of her latest mirrorworld. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women. Cornelia funkes top 10 fairytales childrens books the. The pair had frequently discussed doing more projects together, and when cullen suggested a publishing company, he and funke decided to start breathing books. Illustration by cornelia funke dressler verlagcornelia funke. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. Cornelia funke audiobooks download instantly today. 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. Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke.
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