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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia! I am currently reading Inkheart, and I really enjoy it. May I ask what the inspiration of this book is? I would love to know where you got the ideas for this story.

Cornelia Funke :) I think all book eaters experience characters from books to be sometimes more real than real people to them? I wanted to write about that feeling - and about the wish to go into a book:) Then there were many other things: a fire eater I saw on a market place, the months I had spent in Liguria etc etc A story feeds on many things!

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Hallo Frau Funke, erstmal vielen Dank für Ihre Bücher! Schon in der Grundschule waren Sie meine Lieblingsautorin und in den letzten fast 20 Jahren hat sich das nicht geändert. Ich greife immer noch gerne zu Igraine Ohnefurcht, Potilla oder Drachenreiter. Zu letzterem habe ich eine Frage: Warum heißt Lung im Englischen Firedrake? Mir scheint das ein viel zu aggressiver Name für den gutmütigen Lung... LG, Stella :)

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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hello, My name is Julia and I LOVE your books. I've heard a lot of people say they were hooked on a book from page one but that hadn't much happened to me until I read your magical inkheart trilogy. My question I wanted to ask you is: how you do you get your ideas? My dream is to be an author and I've been contacting my favorite authors and asking their advice. Thank you.

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