Cornelia Funke Books In English. Funke is best known for her inkheart trilogy (originally in german: Cornelia maria funke is a german author of children's fiction.
Rowling.” when she was young, cornelia wanted to be an astronaut or a pilot (as many kids do), but ended up going to the university of hamburg for pedagogy and becoming a social worker for deprived. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages. The magical world of cornelia funke the griffin's feather.
She is the author of the thief lord, dragon rider, inkheart, inkspell, the ghosthunters series, when santa fell to earth, and igraine the brave.
Cornelia funke born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Many of her books have now been translated into english. She has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. The main characters of the thief lord novel are john, emma.