Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke (born 1958 in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German author of children’s and young adult books. She studied educational science and illustration in Hamburg and initially worked as a freelance illustrator of children’s books. She began writing after finding that she did not always like the stories she was illustrating. Her best-known works include the “Ghosthunters” and “The Wild Chicks” series and the “Inkworld” novels. In 2020, she received the German Youth Literature Award for her complete body of work.