Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Two orphaned brothers, prosper and bo, have run away to venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. Tyvenes herre cornelia funke innbundet 9788249609536. Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. The book people limited, salisbury house, weyside park, catteshall lane, godalming, surrey, gu7 1xe. Cornelias new book, inspired by guillermo del toros critically acclaimed film pans labyrinth. Fa tyvenes herre af cornelia funke som indbundet bog pa dansk. 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. Published in 2006, ghosthunters and the incredibly revolting ghost is the first of a four book series by cornelia funke. Inkheart by cornelia funke, first edition, signed abebooks. Even though funke is from germany, now she lives in beverly hills, california. I mention this only because i know that a lot of young children are big fans of funkes earlier books.
The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new cover. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Cornelia funkes own success is now international, demonstrating the universal appeal and power of her storytelling. 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 was born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten.
Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. Since i havent read those books, i dont know how the violence level compares, but parents might want to read reckless before giving it to children under the suggested age of 10. Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke. 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, 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. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord. A list of all cornelia funkes series in reading order. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. 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.
After finishing her studies, cornelia worked for three years as a social worker. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. There are around 20 million copies of books by funke in the world. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy with a dark history of his own. 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, author biography, and reading level. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. Funke is best known for the inkheart trilogy, and her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. 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. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german.
As a child she dreamed of becoming an astronaut until she discovered the military training involved so she trained to be social worker. Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In november cornelia funke herself joined the message board to answer some students questions. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women. Readalikes for cornelia funke if you like cornelia. English book cover by in english from chicken house publishing, ltd and scholastic.
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. Cornelia maria funke is a multiple awardwinning german author of childrens fiction. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. 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 is the hugely successful author of the inkheart trilogy, the thief lord and a whole host of other popular childrens novels and picture books. To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone.
When guillermo del toro asked me to write a novelization of. The boards are in very good condition, with minor bumping to. Most books written by funke are related to adventure or even fantasy genres. Discover book depositorys huge selection of cornelia funke books online. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Below is a list of cornelia funke s books in order of when they were first released in english. Buy the inkheart trilogy box by funke, cornelia isbn. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy, and also writes the ghosthunters series. 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. Bli med til venezias bakgater og kanaler og mot gatebarna som lever i en gammel og forlatt kino. Fa tyvenes herre af cornelia funke som bog pa dansk 9788702020830 boger rummer alle sider af livet.
They have a crazy dog, luna, nicknamed loonie, and their house is crammed with books and dvds. Order of cornelia funke books cornelia funke is a german author of adventure and fantasy childrensya novels. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. 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 people in 2005. Honestly, i was surprised i hadnt read this cornelia funke book yet. Both children have featured in their mothers books, and given her advice on her writing. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 1252338 ratings. The german author cornelia funke was born in 1958 in dorsten, westphalia. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories. Many of cornelias titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Buy a cheap copy of tintenblut book by cornelia funke.
Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. 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. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. One book was all about frog princes and witches that. Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books.