Most significant, “Reckless” is the first time Funke has ever collaborated on a book. with a theatrical storytelling event, including a stop at the Brentwood Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday. The first time Funke will do an international webcast to be screened at live events around the globe (10:30 a.m. It is the first time a Funke book will be simultaneously released in 12 countries.
With an initial worldwide print run exceeding 1 million copies, “Reckless” is the first in a series for readers 10 and older about two brothers lured through a mirror into a world populated with dwarves and fairies and gargoyles.Īnd it is a first in many other ways as well. Much like Meggie and the other characters in her Inkworld trilogy, the 51-year-old author of fantasies for middle-schoolers is a self-described “book maniac,” whose writing room is ringed with the works that have helped her research - and the string of books that research has helped yield: “Dragon Rider,” “The Thief Lord” and now “Reckless,” which will be released on Tuesday. A sliding ladder leads to an upper tier of titles, next to a closet that is also chock-full of hardcovers and paperbacks.
Her desk is cluttered with tomes about fairy tales, which are stacked next to those about mining, alongside travel guides for Spain, France and England. Tucked in the back of a lush garden exploding with flowers, Cornelia Funke’s study is a wonderland of books.
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