Summary
From the author of the sensational New York Times best-seller THE THIEF LORD comes a thrilling new adventure about magic and self-discovery.
Una noche cruel, despu#65533;s de que el pap#65533; de Meggie lee en voz alta algunas p#65533;ginas de Coraz#65533;n de Tinta, el malvado Capricornio se escapa del mundo de la ficci#65533;n y llega hasta la sala de su casa. De repente, Meggie se haya en medio del tipo de aventura que sol#65533;a leer en los libros. Deber#65533; aprender a dominar la magia que hizo que esta pesadilla se volviera realidad. Solamente ella puede cambiar el curso de la historia que cambi#65533; su vida para siempre.
Author Cornelia Maria Funke was born in Dorsten, Germany on December 10, 1958. After graduating from the University of Hamburg, she worked as a social worker for three years. After completing a course in book illustration at the Hamburg State College of Design, she worked as a children's book illustrator and designed board games.
Her desire to draw magical worlds and her disappointment over the way some stories were written inspired her to write her own children's books. Her book, The Thief Lord, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children's book of the year and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. She has also received the Book Sense Children's Literature Award for Inkheart and Inkspell.
Funke has written numerous books including Dragon Rider, When Santa Fell to Earth, Igraine The Brave, Reckless, Saving Mississippi, Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, Igraine the Brave, and The Princess Knight. Inkheart was adapted into a film. Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005.
(Bowker Author Biography)
