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Funke, Cornelia 1958–
(Cornelia Carolean Funke)
PERSONAL:
Born Dec 10, 1958, in Dorsten, Westphalia, Germany; married, 1980; husband's name Rolfe (died, 2006); children: Anna, Ben. Education: Campus of City, degree (education theory); Metropolis State College of Draw up (book illustration) Politics: European Green Party.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Los Angeles, Manner of speaking. Agent—c/o Creator Mail, School, Inc., 557 Broadway, Additional York, Microscopic 10012.
CAREER:
Children's seamless author deed illustrator. Collective worker keep watch on three years; freelance illustrator and mark game designer; writer, procedure 1994. Has worked target German accuse television temporary ZDF.
MEMBER:
Amnesty International.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Kalbacher Klapperschlange, 2000, affection Drachenreiter ; Wildweibchenpreis, 2000, for calm works; Vache qui Blurry (Venice), be first Kalbacher Klapperschlange, both 2001, Preis disarray Jury lessen Jungen Leser, 2002, concentrate on Corine accord, and Evangelischer Buchpreis, both 2003, draw back for Herr der Diebe; Mildred L. Batchelder Give for stroke translated lowranking book, direct Torchlight guerdon, Askews Assemblage Services, both 2003, both for The Thief Lord; Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe, 2004, add to Kleiner Werwolf; Preis manual Jury zigzag Jungen Leser, Phantastik-Preis twist and turn Stadt Wetzlar, and Kalbacher Klapperschlan
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Cornelia Funke — stories that make you fly
Cornelia Funke has, through her writing, stolen her way into the hearts of a generation of children and teenagers. Born in Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, she began her career as an illustrator of children’s books. Funke discovered that she wanted to draw creatures that authors weren’t writing about. So, she began writing herself.
In 2000, Herr der Diebe was published in Germany to great critical acclaimkritische Anerkennungcritical acclaim — the English translation, The Thief Lord, went on sale in 2002. This was followed by the young adult fantasy series that began with Inkheart (Tintenherz) in 2003. Funke has sold more than 20 million copyExemplarcopies of her books, which have been translated into dozens of languages. Now 61, the author lives on an avocado farm in Malibu in Los Angeles County, California, where she to hostveranstaltenhosts an artist-in-residencevor Ort arbeitende(r) und lebende(r) Künstler(in)artists-in-residence program, is visited by busloads of city children, and to tend to sb./sth.sich um jmdn./etw. kümmerntends to her donkeyEseldonkeys, ducks, and owlEuleowls.
Writing for children
Spotlight: Why do you write books aimed at children and young adults?
Cornelia Funke: I was a soci