To those who love the Author Christopher Paolini
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Christopher was homeschooled by his parents.
Often read and wrote a lot of short stories as a child.
Some of his favorite books were Bruce Coville’s Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Raymond E. Feist’s Magician (now available in volumes one and two), as well as books by Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, Brian Jacques, E.R. Eddison, David Eddings, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
The idea of Eragon began as the daydreams of a teen
He found that doing some of the same things as his characters allowed him to better understand their world, as well as to think of descriptions that otherwise would not have occurred to him.
His work combined his imagination and lots of research
In addition, he learned about weaponry, food, clothing, and customs from the Middle Ages, which is roughly the era he envisioned Eragon living in.
Christopher was fifteen when he wrote the first draft of Eragon.
The family decided to self-publish the book and spent a third year preparing the manuscript for publication: copyediting, proofreading, designing a cover, typesetting the manuscript, and creating marketing materials.
In 2011, the Guinness World Records recognized him as the “youngest author of a bestselling book series.”
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