Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini is an American author who began writing the highly popular Inheritance fantasy book series at the early age of fifteen. The series consists of four novels called Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. As a young writer, Christopher Paolini faced many challenges, which he overcame through hard work and perseverance. His life story and accomplishments are impressive and inspirational. Christopher Paolini created the Inheritance book series, used persistence and innovation to write, publish, and promote his books, and illuminated the world by entertaining millions of readers.

Christopher Paolini began creating the Inheritance book series when he was just fifteen years old. Christopher grew up in rural Montana, where

Never formally trained as an author, Paolini taught himself to write by reading books written by famous authors as well as books on how to structure and outline a story (Marin, 2012). For an entire year Christopher remained focused on his task and worked tirelessly, writing and re-writing for many hours every day. When he finished Eragon at the age of sixteen, his family could only afford to send him to college or self-publish his book through their small publishing company, Paolini International, LLC, but not both. Christopher figured that he could go to college any time, so he decided to take a chance and publish his book (Martin, 2012). As it turned out, Paolini made a good decision. In 2001, at the age of eighteen, Christopher began promoting Eragon. He traveled all over the United States with his father in their family car, visiting schools, libraries, and bookstores dressed in a medieval costume to talk about and sell his book (“Christopher Paolini,” 2006). Paolini’s hard work and innovation paid off. Two years later, Eragon was noticed by another writer named Carl Hiaasen, author of the Hoot book series, who recommended it to his New York publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. In 2003, Eragon was re-published by Knopf and sold two and a half million copies (“Christopher Paolini,” 2006). Christopher Paolini faced many