12 Facts About Christopher Paolini

Christopher James Paolini was born on November 17,1983 and is an American and Italian author.

Christopher Paolini is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance, the follow-up short story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm, and Murtagh, the first in a follow-up duology.

Christopher Paolini is of Italian descent; his paternal grandfather was born in Rome and Paolini still has relatives there.

Home schooled for the duration of his education, Christopher 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.

Christopher Paolini started his work on his first novel, Eragon, at the age of 15.

At the age of 19, Christopher Paolini became a New York Times-bestselling author.

In October 2021, Christopher Paolini released Unity, an interactive Fractalverse story on his science fiction website Fractalverse.

On July 25,2022, Variety reported that Christopher Paolini was co-writing a live action television series adaptation of Eragon for Disney+, with Bert Salke executive producing.

On October 3,2022, Christopher Paolini announced Fractal Noise, the second installment in the Fractalverse and a prequel to To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.

Christopher Paolini has said that Eragon was "specifically inspired" by Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, by Bruce Coville.

Additionally, Christopher Paolini has admitted that he is a Doctor Who fan, which inspired his reference to the "lonely god", to "rooms that are bigger on the inside than the outside", as well as to Raxacoricofallapatorius, the home of the Slitheen.

Christopher Paolini's books have topped the charts of The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers lists.