Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini is an American and Italian author best known for The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy series that begins with Eragon (2002) and continues through Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance, with the short story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm and the opening book of a follow-up duology, Murtagh (2023). He turned to science fiction with To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, published in 2020. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.