Aurora Esterlia

Aurora Esterlia asked Cornelia Funke:

Cornelia Funke, I really adore your books. My favorite part was everytime I went to a new chapter and you quoted my other favorite book. What I really love about your books are the villains. Who's your favorite villain of your own books?

Cornelia Funke Interesting, Aurora!:) There are very different kinds of villains and I always try to make evil a very real thing. I think it is always something crippled, torn, broken, and that it for sure shouldn't be glamorized - which so often and so easily happens. But there is a difference between true evil and shadows for me. I definitely don't like Capricorn (he was very difficult to write) and I don't like Basta (though many readers do) I only pity him. I despise Orpheus (probably in some way my favorite villain) and wished to kill him in Inkdeath, but he escaped. But then there are Nerron and Spieler from MirrorWorld, who have a lot of darkness and are nevertheless two of my favorites, as is the Dark Fairy......hmm....maybe I look at villains in a different way through the mirrors:) In that universe I dislike Jacob's father intensely - though he is only weak and vain:)

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Hippo.K

Hippo.K asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia, I've read all your books and I love them All! I started reading your books when I was 7 and I fell in love. You are my favourite author. Do you plan on writing any more books? Bye, Kailyn <3

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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hallo Nachdem ich in der zweiten Klasse Potilla gelesen habe, war es um mich geschehen und ich habe Ihre Bücher verschlungen - was sich bis heute nicht geändert hat (Nicht geht über eine Tasse Kaffee und den Herrn der Diebe oder Drachenreiter!). Meine Frage ist, ob Sie sich vorstellen könnten, wenn Griffiin's Feather auf deutsch erscheint, mal wieder für eine Lesung nach Hamburg zu kommen? Liebe Grüße Svea Jacobsen

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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hey, Cornelia. HUGE fan from the Philippines. You've been a great inspiration to me as an aspiring writer. I've been a fan of the MirrorWorld series since before the release of Reckless. I really commend you for the Inkheart trilogy and then MirrorWorld. I really love your work and I'd love to read of The Golden Yarn, so I was wondering if it's possible it will be released here in the PHL some time in the future?

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