The trilogy was finally concluded in Inkdeath (published in Germany in 2007, English version Spring 2008, American version Fall 2008). Her follow-up novel was Inkheart (2003), which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award.] Inkheart was the first part of a trilogy which was continued with Inkspell (2005), which won Funke her second BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award (2006). Her international break-through came with the fantasy novel Dragon Rider (1996), which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 78 weeks, and was continued with The Thief Lord (2000, translated into English in 2002), which immediately climbed to the #2 position of the New York Times bestseller list, stayed there for 19 weeks and sold 1.5 million copies. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, Funke established herself in Germany with two children's series, namely the fantasy-oriented Gespensterj ger (Ghosthunters) and the Wilde H hner (Wild Chicks) line of books. She had a stint illustrating books, but soon began writing her own stories, inspired by the sorts of stories that had appealed to the deprived children she had worked with. After finishing her studies, Funke worked for three years as a social worker, focusing on children with a deprived background. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, California, in a house full of books. She is the author of The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkspell, the Ghosthunters series, When Santa Fell to Earth, and Igraine the Brave. There are dragons and dark fairies, glass men and ghosts, sorrowful knights and stubborn princesses, chickens, horses, dogs, and stuffed gorillas. Cornelia Funke is one of today’s most beloved writers of magical stories for children. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut and or a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the University of Hamburg. Inkdeath (Inkheart trilogy book 3) by Cornelia Funke Paperback NEW Inkheart Trilogy Collection Inkworld Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 9781912626847 Paperback. Books Here you find what Cornelia has written so far. Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten to Karl-Heinz and Helmi Funke.

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