Danielle
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Cornelia Funke:
Greetings! I am attending a course on Children's Literature as part of being an Early Childhood Education student at my university. I am doing an author research project and I have always enjoyed your work. As my author of choice, I was wondering what inspirations are behind your works and what made you lean towards fantasy? Thanks!
Cornelia Funke
Storytelling has always been so called fantasy - and fantasy has always been a mirror of this world and reality. It has the ability to question this so called reality by cladding it into another costume or confronting it with other worlds. Which means fantasy enables us to imagine a different world, the first step to change and.... it gets much closer to the fantastic nature of this universe and existence. So, yes, I prefer to write fantasy:)
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sparrowcrazy
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Cornelia Funke:
Dear Cornelia, I am curious, what made you choose the title Aurelia "Curse" for the third book? Idk why I keep thinking about it, but I can't help but feel that it doesn't really match what's described in the book. Was it really a curse? Felt more like anger, or revenge? It makes it sound as if they have to battle against a curse that's already happened.
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Cornelia Funke:
Hello Miss Cornelia! I have just recently became a fan of yours, and I am in love with the Inkworld! I also took a trip to California last week and it was HOT compared to my home in rainy Portland, Oregon. I was just wondering how you felt about your transition from Germany to Cali, weather-wise, socially, everything?
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