Christopher Paolini. Eragon. Eldest (LIT) | Date: 08 May 2011, 01:29
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Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American writer. His hometown is in Livingston, Montana where he wrote Eragon. He is best known as being the author of the Inheritance trilogy, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, and an upcoming third book.
Eragon is a novel written by Christopher Paolini. It is the first book of the Inheritance Trilogy. The sequel is Eldest, which was released in mid-2005. The third book's title has not yet been confirmed. Eragon is set in the land of Alagaesia and is a story about a farm boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira. The book has been adapted into a movie, which was released on December 15, 2006 in various countries. In North America, the DVD was released on March 20, 2007.
Christopher Paolini was home-schooled and graduated high school at 15 years old.
He says "I wouldn't have changed it. Something a lot of people don't realize is that in order to write a book, you have to have time. When I graduated from high school, I had time to just write. I think I had a wonderful childhoodmy parents put a lot of work into my sister and me, and it's all turned out for the best so far."
He began work on his debut novel Eragon, the first in a planned trilogy, when he was 15. When it was finished the family had the book printed by Lightening Source, an on-demand printing company.
Eragon slowly started to gain a cult following and, as a result, came to the attention of a major publishing house, Knopf, (part of Random House) who published it in hardcover in August 2003. The first editions are now collector's items - copies of the Lightening Source version are available through dealers for around $1,000 and the copies of the first edition from Knopf are offered at around $300.
Eragon debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list, which was followed by an appearance on the Today show. At the time of writing (Jan 2004) Eragon is #1 on the children's bestseller lists nationally, with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at #2.
In 2003 the 19 year old Paolini did a 16-city tour for Knopf, in early 2004 he toured Britain for the UK release of the book, then back to the USA for more tours.
Paolini says "I'm still trying to get used to itbut I'm not sure if I really want to get used to it, because there's no guarantee it will last. It's been an extraordinary experience. Readers have fallen in love with the book, thousands of people are reading itI really can't ask for more as an author."
When asked if the Harry Potter books influenced him he says "I actually didn't read the Potter books until the fourth one came out, and by then I had already written Eragon," he recalls. "Of course, once I started, I devoured them. What Rowling has done is really wonderful."
He says that the top three authors who influenced him were Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. LeGuin and Raymond Feist (with Feist's novel Magician making a particularly strong impact on him.
Now 19, he lives with his family in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he is at work on Eldest, the next volume in the Inheritance trilogy, which is due to be released in August 2005. A movie based on Eragon is scheduled for release in late 2005.
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