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Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in the town of Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, to Karl-Heinz and Helmi Funke. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut or a pilot, but ultimately decided to study pedagogy at the University of Hamburg. [7] After finishing her studies, Funke worked for three years as a social worker.
The Petrified Flesh is a 2010 young adult novel by Cornelia Funke and Lionel Wigram. It is the first book in her MirrorWorld series. Originally published on 14 September 2010 with the title Reckless, it was rereleased 29 September 2016 as Reckless I: The Petrified Flesh. The novel was inspired by the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
The Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's first novel published in the United States [1] and was adapted into a film in 2006.
Inkheart (German: Tintenherz) is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and is the first book of the Inkheart series, with Inkspell (2005) and Inkdeath (2007) succeeding it. The novel became one of the finalists of 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature [ 1 ] and won the Flicker Tale Children's Book Award ...
Dragon Rider (original title: Drachenreiter) is a 1997 German children's novel by Cornelia Funke.Originally translated by Oliver Latsch, Dragon Rider was published in English in 2004 by The Chicken House in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Inc. in the US, using a translation by Anthea Bell. [1]
The MirrorWorld is a planned pentalogy [1] of fantasy novels written by German author Cornelia Funke in collaboration with Lionel Wigram.As of 2024, the first four books in the series have been published, titled The Petrified Flesh, Living Shadows, The Golden Yarn, and The Silver Tracks. [2]
The Wild Chicks (Die wilden Hühner) [1] is a series of children's and youth books written by the German author Cornelia Funke. The main protagonists are four (later five) girls, who go to class together and form the eponymous "Wild Chicks" girl gang. Five books were published between 1993 and 2003, which have sold over one million copies in ...
Ghost Knight is a children's novel written by the German author Cornelia Funke. It was first published under the German title Geisterritter in 2011. [1] It was translated by Oliver Latsch from German to English and published in 2012. [2] A theatrical adaptation of the novel was performed at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg in 2012. [3]