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. In the 1890s and early 1990s, cornelia funke became a wellknown author of children books in her native. Its hero, 11yearold jon whitcroft, arrives in salisbury for his first term at boarding school. 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. When keeping the hairy beast a secret from mom falls through, the duo have to get creative convincing her to let ruffleclaw stayand then theres tommys dads allergy to anything with fur. The golden yarn was so full of beauty and heartbreak, and i never wanted to stop reading. Once named one of the 100 most influential people by time magazine, cornelia was born in germany and lives with her family in california.
Ruffleclaw by cornelia funke, cornelia funke, oliver latsch. Books go search todays deals christmas shop vouchers. Oct 14, 2003 download audiobooks by cornelia funke at and save. The beloved and bestselling author of inkheart returns with a chapter book.
Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke. May 01, 2005 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. The signs were there in the opening pages of cornelia funke s new novel, ghost knight. Inkheart by cornelia funke, eragon by christopher paolini, scorched by mari mancusi, inkspell by cornelia funke. Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. Buy a cheap copy of drachenreiter book by cornelia funke. Awards for cornelia funke your guide to fiction books. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. Ghost hunters and the incredible revolting ghost is the first childrens book by funke that i ever read and i loved it. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level.
Ghosthunters and the incredibly revolting ghost by cornelia funke book. Cornelia funke by hildegunde latsch overdrive rakuten. Dragon rider is bound to be another hit book from cornelia funke. Following university, she worked for three years as a social worker in an educational project, working with children from difficult backgrounds. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then she decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. 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. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. Its a fantasy, its long, and its got dragons in it. Funke, cornelia 1958 people and organisations trove. Authors with similar writing style to cornelia funke.
Peter abrahams is the bestselling author of a perfect crime, the tutor, the fan, and lights out, for which he received an edgar award nomination. Reckless by cornelia funke, cornelia funke, oliver g. The series that launched cornelia funke as one of the most beloved authors in german, the wild chicks is a middlegrades to ya series about a group of german girls who form the eponymous wild chicks gang. Reckless, by cornelia funke, translation by oliver latsch. 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. Cornelia funke s character of the wildest brother, ben, can likely be seen in any house where there is a boy. Funke deftly escorts readers on another fantasy adventure, this time to dark, enchanting mirrorworld, a fairytale land inhabited by humans, faerie creatures and the goyls, a warring stone race. The german author, cornelia funke was born in 1958 in dorsten, in the german region of westphalia. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Korean, 2 others view online access conditions at 128 libraries. Funkes playful monster tale, published in germany in 2005, is a piece with such other outings as emma and the blue genie 2014. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Bestselling childrens author and illustrator cornelia funke, citing creative.
Only very few authors who can write compelling children books like cornelia funke has. 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 joins selfpublishing revolution self. Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy as well as the thief lord. Cornelia funke is the new york times bestselling author of many magical books for children, including the thief lord, dragon rider, and inkheart. Funke moves to pushkin press after editorial disagreement cornelia funke has signed a deal to publish the reckless series with pushkin press in the uk after parting ways with chicken house. Cornelia funke finally returns to her natural writing style that is obvious in her childrens books and inkheart but without the clunkiness and dense paragraphs that are in reckless. Jan 07, 20 i wish that fearless was the first book in the series. Cornelia funke bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Hildegunde latsch erzahlt, wie cornelia funke aufgewachsen ist, welche bucher. At her young age, she was a lover of fantasy and at the age of 28, she decided to write her books. Below is a list of cornelia funkes books in order of when they were first released in english.
Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. I would recommend this book to anyone who has enjoyed cornelia funkes other works including the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord etc, but. Cornelia funke was born to karlheinz funke and helmi funke on 10 december, 1958. The inkworld books, which have won the 2003 mildred l. Author cornelia funke was born in dorsten, germany in 1958. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. Cornelia funke has 208 books on goodreads with 1242967 ratings. To date, there are more than five million copies of her books in print in the united states alone. Reckless is a shorter and stylistically more daring book than inkheart, a riff on the dark side of fairy tales which uses words with such laconic intensity that events. She brought back all of the characters we know and have grown to love and added a few new faces who leapt off the pages like old friends. Ghosthunters and the gruesome invincible lightning ghost by cornelia funke and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Visit this audio slideshow for a peek inside cornelia funkes writing room.
She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath. The petrified flesh reckless book 1 kindle edition by. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. In 2005, time magazine named cornelia funke among its 100 most influential men and women.
As the international childrens day has been on june 1st, i just want to share some of my favorite childrens books which some might categorize under different or more specific subgenres but from me they are still books for children and in the end, i am still a child and will always be my parents kid no matter how old i am. The beloved and bestselling author of inkheart returns with a chapter book full of mischief, heart, hilarious illustrations, and pet monsters. Cornelia funke is a wellknown german author of childrens books and young adult novels. 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. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. After graduating from university, she worked as a social worker for three years. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. Many of cornelias titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Since having brought cornelia funke s stories to readers in the us and uk and around the world, weve been working with a growing roster of authors, literary agencies, and publishers to help make their stories leap across languages and continents.
Oliver latsch trained as a biologist before being lured away from science and reason by cornelia funke, who asked him to translate and take her books to english speaking audiences, which turned out to be the most reasonable thing he ever did. Cornelia funke biography childhood, life achievements. After returning from a book tour in germany where her publisher had. Andrew nurnberg and oliver latsch, funke made the decision to part ways. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Cornelia funke audiobooks download instantly today. Reckless written and illustrated by 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. 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. Discovering a magical mirror with the evocative message, the mirror will open only for he sic who cannot see himself, 12yearold jacob reckless travels through it in search of his missing father. After i finished the great inkheart trilogy and read a biography written by her aunt, i wanted to read more. The pair had frequently discussed doing more projects together, and when cullen suggested a publishing company, he and funke decided to start breathing books. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
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