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Christopher Paolini (b. November 17, 1983 in California) is an author best known for his Inheritance Cycle series. Paolini was born to Kenneth Paolini and Talita Hodgkinson and grew up in Paradise, Montana where he was home schooled with sister Angela. He began working on Eragon shortly after completing his high school education at fifteen. The novel was self published in 2001. Paolini also drew the map of Eragon and the dragon eye for the book cover. Paolini and family spent the next year promoting the book at libraries, book stores and schools.

Eragon gained the attention of author Carl Hiaasen through his stepson and was brought to the attention of Hiaasen's publisher, Alfred A. Knopf an imprint of Random House. Knopf contacted Paolini to inquire about publishing the novel via Knopf and he agreed. Eragon was published by Knopf in August 2003.

After a book tour of the United States and the United Kingdom, Paolini returned home to work on the sequel to Eragon, Eldest which was published in 2005. In December, 2006, a film version of Eragon was released by Twentieth Century Fox.

Novels

Inheritance

• Eragon (2001)
• Eldest (2005)
• Brisinger (September 20, 2008)

External Links

• Official site
  • Alaglesia.com - The Author

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