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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

I loved thief lord! One of my top favorite books, how did you get the inspiration?

Cornelia Funke have you been to Venice? Enough inspiration for a million stories. The world is full of stories. They whisper at every corner. The other inspiration came from the children I met when still working as a social worker, from my wish as a child to grow up immediately, from watching how grown ups treat children and .....there was the story
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I loved Inkheart! They were fun to read and I really felt like I was in the book! What do you like most about writing?

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Hi Cornelia. I think most people who read Inkheart fall in love with it as I did. It is a wonderful, inventive, creative story. Do you think your ability to illustrate inspired you to choose fantasy as an author?

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