Cornelia Funke

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  • AUTHOR'S BOOKS:
    2003: Inkheart HB
    2004: Inkheart PB
    2004: The Princess Knight
    2005: Dragon Rider
    2005: Inkspell HB
    2006: The Thief Lord
    2006: Inkspell PB
    2006: The Wildest Brother HB
    2007: Princess Pigsty
    2007: Ghosthunters 4: Mud-dripping Monster
    2007: Ghosthunters 2: Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost
    2007: Ghosthunters 3: Bloodthirsty Baroness
    2007: Ghosthunters 1: Incredibly Revolting Ghost
    2007: Igraine the Brave HB
    2007: When Santa Fell to Earth
    2008: Igraine the Brave PB
    2008: The Wildest Brother PB
    2008: Inkdeath HB
    2008: Inkdeath PB
    2008: Inkheart Movie Tie-in Edition
    2008: Inkheart Trilogy Slipcase
    2009: Inkheart Trilogy Gift Editions: Inkheart
    2009: Inkheart Trilogy Gift Editions: Inkdeath
    2009: Inkheart Trilogy Gift Editions: Inkspell
    2010: Saving Mississippi
    2010: Reckless
    2010: Reckless eBook
    2011: Reckless PB
    2012: C.H.I.X Book 1 - The Summer Gang
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Cornelia Funke, Author

Cornelia Funke is the hugely successful author of the Inkheart trilogy, The Thief Lord and a whole host of other popular children’s novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, Cornelia initially worked as an illustrator but soon began writing her own stories.

Funke quickly established her reputation as one of Germany’s best loved children’s authors with her series Gespensterjäger (Ghosthunters) and the Wilden Hühner (to be published in the UK as C.H.I.X.). Her international break-through came with the fantasy novel Dragon Rider, which spent 78 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Success continued with the publication of The Thief Lord, which immediately climbed to the #2 spot on the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for 19 weeks, selling 1.5 million copies.

Inkheart, the first book in the Inkheart trilogy, followed, winning the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature Award. Inkspell continued the trilogy’s success, winning a second BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature Award in 2006. The trilogy concluded with Inkdeath, in 2008. Inkheart the movie was released in the same year, starring Brendan Fraser, Helen Mirren and Paul Bettany.

Cornelia's latest novel Reckless was released worldwide in September 2010, and is now published in paperback by Chicken House.