Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini was home schooled for his entire education. He graduated from high school at the age of 15, and immediately began work on ERAGON. He was able to complete his education through a set of accredited correspondence courses in Illinois.

In 2002, Paolini published ERAGON through his parent's publishing company. To promote the book, Christopher went to over 130 schools and libraries discussing reading and writing. He dressed up in a medieval costume which included a red shirt, black pants, lace-up boots, and a black cap.

In the summer of 2002, Alfred Knopf was shown a copy of ERAGON by his stepson, and he made an offer to publish it and the rest of the Inheritance cycle. The second edition of ERAGON was published by Knopf in August 2003. By the age of nineteen, Paolini became a New York Times best-selling author. ERAGON has since been adapted into a movie of the same name.

Personally, I didn't like the movie much because it did not stay true to the story. There were a lot of changes that didn't make sense if you had read the books. In this case, the old adage, "the book is always better than the movie" happens to be absolutely the truth!

As Paolini always says in The Ancient Language in ERAGON: "Atra esterni`ono thelduin." (May good fortune rule over you.)

Donna