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Cornelia Funke

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Born

in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

December 10, 1958

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fantasy, Children's

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Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Amongst her best known books is the Inkheart trilogy. Many of Cornelia's titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. She has two children, two birds and a very old dog and lives in Los Angeles, California.
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	Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author), Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 446,026 ratings — published 2003 — 230 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 136,740 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thief Lord 3.99 avg rating — 103,355 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author), Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 94,805 ratings — published 2007 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 86,057 ratings — published 1997 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reckless (Mirrorworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) (Author/Illustrator), Oliver Latsch (translator), Yngve Bjørn Berven (Narrator) 3.75 avg rating — 23,170 ratings — published 2010 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath (The Inkheart Trilogy, #1-3) 4.22 avg rating — 19,848 ratings — published 2008 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Igraine the Brave 3.90 avg rating — 9,429 ratings — published 1998 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless (Mirrorworld, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 8,607 ratings — published 2012 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Wilden Hühner (Die Wilden Hühner, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 5,159 ratings — published 1993 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tintenwelt (4 books)
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Dragon Rider (4 books)
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Reckless (5 books)
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Die Wilden Hühner (6 books)
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Gespensterjäger (4 books)
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Germany: Memories of a Nation

by Neil MacGregor

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Cornelia Funke said: " Reading a chapter for breakfast each day- morning treat! Hurrah for Neil McGregor. He enlightened me so many times by now with his books, made me see familiar things through a different lense... First world history, next Shakespeare now my home count ...more "

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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife

by Warner Shedd

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Māori Myths & Tribal Legends

by Antony Alpers

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Jul 02, 2016 10:17AM

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“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

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“Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower...both strange and familiar.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

tags: books, feelings, reading, thoughts

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“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

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Polls

Poll closes on 5/30/2022. What do you want to read for our June 2022 BOTM Group Read? The theme was to look back at past polls, 2021 or earlier, and choose a book that didn't win the group read vote.

Dust by Kara Swanson

8 votes 25.0%

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

6 votes 18.8%

The Girl in the White Van by April Henry

5 votes 15.6%

The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg

4 votes 12.5%

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

3 votes 9.4%

Remember, Remember by Anna Elliott

3 votes 9.4%

Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

3 votes 9.4%

A Girl Named Faithful Plum: A True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream by Richard Bernstein

0 votes 0.0%

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message 9: by Cornelia

Apr 10, 2016 07:57PM

Gissi wrote: "I love Inkheart! Thanks so much!"

thank you for traveling in my worlds:)

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message 8: by Cornelia

Apr 10, 2016 07:57PM

Atilio wrote: "Thank you for accepting my friend request!!!! I love yours book!!!! "The Thief Lord" is one of my favourite book and Inkspell is amazing!!!!"

Thank you so much, Atilio, both from Scipio, Dustfinger and me

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message 7: by Cornelia

Apr 10, 2016 07:56PM

άτнέηά wrote: "Thanks for accepting my request! Inkheart is one of my favorites! :D"

Thank you so much from Dustfinger an me:)

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message 6: by Cornelia

Apr 10, 2016 07:56PM

Bookworm_75 wrote: "Thank you so so sooo much for accepting my friend request and THANK YOU for writing Inkheart!! That book has changed my life forever and I won't ever forget it!!"

what a magical thing to hear:) Thank you Bookworm (one of my favorite creatures)

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message 5: by Ellie Mellie

Apr 10, 2016 11:54AM

Thank you so so sooo much for accepting my friend request and THANK YOU for writing Inkheart!! That book has changed my life forever and I won't ever forget it!!

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message 4: by άτнέηά

Mar 07, 2016 01:07PM

Thanks for accepting my request! Inkheart is one of my favorites! :D

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message 3: by Atilio

Aug 17, 2015 05:24PM