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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. 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. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Download and read online for free inkdeath by cornelia funke. 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. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funke s writing room. Books by cornelia funke cornelia funke average rating 3. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. With absolutely gorgeous illustrations they give a wonderful presentation of the world.
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. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. 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. 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. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books the. 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. 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 the highly acclaimed, awardwinning and bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and numerous other childrens novels and picture books. After finishing her studies, cornelia worked for three years as a social worker. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy, and also writes the ghosthunters series. They welcomed meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened. The reckless anthology kindle edition by funke, cornelia. She was born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. 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. Her books have sold tens of millions of copies, and they include the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and the reckless series. Free public domain free premium 50% off 50 specials. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy originally in german. 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.
Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. Cornelia funke has 207 books on goodreads with 12524 ratings. Cornelia funke by hildegunde latsch overdrive rakuten. Both books are very fast pace and thrilling throughout the whole story. Author cornelia funke was born in dorsten, germany in 1958. Cornelia funke joins selfpublishing revolution books. 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.
Many of her books have now been translated into english. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. 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 has 207 books on goodreads with 1252338 ratings. 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. 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. Cornelia funke is one of the best selling childrens writers in the world. Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke. Honestly, i was surprised i hadnt read this cornelia funke book yet.
Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. Cornelia maria funke is a multiple awardwinning german author of childrens fiction. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. 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. Ein wunderbares buch zum selber lesen, vorlesen oder verschenken. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room.
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