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A Goodreads user asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia, I read your Inkworld books as a child and loved them and am wondering what inspired you to write the stories? And who was your favourite character to write about!! Haha ;) Thanks! Robin

Cornelia Funke In the Ink books I have no favorite. I love them all and the way they form an ensemble I so loved to watch. I am currently writing a sequel and there are a few new members to the ensemble, whom I also find very interesting.
As for the idea...well, I am book eater. I guess we all know the feeling that characters in a book feel like old friends and that we wonder whether we are in a story ourselves?

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