Christopher Paolini
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Christopher Paolini at Lucca Comics & Games in 2012
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| Born | Christopher James Paolini November 17, 1983 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Fantasy |
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Inheritance Cycle Eragon |
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Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983, Los Angeles, California) is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He currently lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.
Paolini was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in the area of Paradise Valley, Montana. His family members include his parents, Kenneth Paolini and Talita Paolini, and his younger sister, Angela Paolini. Homeschooled for the duration of his education, Paolini graduated from high school at the age of 15 through a set of accredited correspondence courses from the American School of Correspondence in Lansing, Illinois.
Following his high school graduation, he started his work on what would become the novel Eragon, the first of a four book series set in the mythical land of Alagaesia.
In 2002, Eragon was published for the first time by Paolini International LLC, Paolini's parents' publishing company. To promote the book, Paolini toured over 135 schools and libraries, discussing reading and writing, all the while dressed in "a medieval costume of red shirt, billowy black pants, lace-up boots, and a jaunty black cap." He drew the cover art for the first edition of Eragon, which featured Saphira's eye, along with the maps on the inside covers of his books.
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