Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke on The Green Kingdom

Cornelia Funke, author of the The Inkheart series, joins author Alastair Chisholm to discuss her enchanting and joyful new book, The Green Kingdom.

Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten botanical riddles in this enchanting adventure.

Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, hidden in an old chest of drawers. Each letter contains a 'green' riddle, with clues leading to a different plant.

Caspia sets out to solve the riddles and, as she does, she meets friends she could never have imagined and discovers that anywhere can feel like home, if you are just brave enough to put down new roots. The newest adventure from renowned and award winning author of Inkheart and Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke weaves magic into every sentence of this new and exciting mystery set in the heart of New York City. The Green Kingdom is perfect for fans of the Greenwild series.

Author of the New York Times best-selling Inkheart series, Cornelia Funke has been published in 53 languages and her books have sold over 22 million copies worldwide. Cornelia lives in Tuscany, Italy, and her farm provides a retreat for creatives to collaborate in surprising and amazing ways.

Alastair Chisholm is the author of sci-fi adventures Orion Lost, Adam-2, and I Am Wolf, longlisted for the Carnegie medal, as well as the Dragon Storm fantasy series and picture books including Inch and Grub, winner of the Queen’s Knickers Award. 

He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and family and a cat who is yowling at him even though there is CLEARLY food in her bowl, and his hobbies include writing and playing games on his phone when he should be writing. He likes biscuits.