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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 — 442,455 ratings — published 2003 — 5 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 — 135,218 ratings — published 2005 — 2 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 — 102,397 ratings — published 2000 — 144 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 — 93,726 ratings — published 2007 — 125 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 — 85,578 ratings — published 1997	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 — 22,882 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 — 19,746 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 — 9,340 ratings — published 1998 — 51 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 — 8,472 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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) 4.19 avg rating — 5,006 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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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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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

tags: inspirational

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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

tags: inkheart

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Polls

Welk boek gaan we in februari 2021 lezen? (Een boek wat je gekocht hebt maar al een lange tijd nooit hebt opgepakt om te lezen)

Trots en Vooroordeel van Jane Austen - 527 pagina's

22 votes, 16.4%

Wolkenatlas van David Mitchell - 560 pagina's

20 votes, 14.9%

Jehanne van Simone van der Vlugt - 208 pagina's

8 votes, 6.0%

Bloed en beenderen van Tomi Adeyemi - 474 pagina's

8 votes, 6.0%

In Europa: Reizen door de twintigste eeuw met Geert Mak van Geert Mak - 1.223 pagina's

8 votes, 6.0%

22-11-1963 van Stephen King - 879 pagina's

7 votes, 5.2%

Honderd jaar eenzaamheid van Gabriel García Márquez - 464 pagina's

7 votes, 5.2%

Waterschapsheuvel van Richard Adams - 448 pagina's

6 votes, 4.5%

Hart van Inkt van Cornelia Funke - 491 pagina's

6 votes, 4.5%

De Wildernis in van Jon Krakauer - 284 pagina's

6 votes, 4.5%

Kafka op het strand van Haruki Murakami - 639 pagina's

5 votes, 3.7%

Ik ben Pelgrim van Terry Hayes - 735 pagina's

5 votes, 3.7%

Het Laatste Rijk van Brandon Sanderson - 639 pagina's

5 votes, 3.7%

Ik ook van jou van Ronald Giphart - 181 pagina's

5 votes, 3.7%

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell van Susanna Clarke - 943 pagina's

5 votes, 3.7%

Leven om het te vertellen van Gabriel García Márquez - 571 pagina's

3 votes, 2.2%

Niets te vrezen van Julian Barnes - 256 pagina's

2 votes, 1.5%

Het eeuwige vuur van Ken Follett - 862 pagina's

2 votes, 1.5%

De correcties van Jonathan Franzen - 504 pagina's

2 votes, 1.5%

Terug naar Mountfern van Maeve Binchy - 687 pagina's

1 vote, 0.7%

Archief van verloren kinderen van Valeria Luiselli - 440 pagina's

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Bruggenbouwers van Jan Guillou - 592 pagina's

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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