Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Cornelia Funke researched and outlined Inkheart for about six months before she began to write it. (Source)
Funke started as an illustrator, and she began writing so that she could illustrate her own stories. (Source)
If Funke could read herself into any book, she would pick T. H. White's The Once and Future King. (Source)
Funke actually modeled Mo off Brendan Fraser—and then insisted that Fraser play Mo in the movie version of Inkheart. (Source)