Christopher James Paolini is an American author who is known for writing the famous “Inheritance Cycle” which consists of three books: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He is a fantasy writer who started to write after graduating high school, and his first published work was “Eragon”, which was the first of book 5 in the series Alagaesia. Since his parents has a printing office they were the one who helped him publish his first book, and he toured about a 135 different schools and colleges for the promotion of his books.
“He used to dress up strangely”, said his mother who believed that he did so in order to get into the characters of his books and let his audience know what to expect from his writings. He would be dressed up in a medieval costume of red shirt, billowy black pants, lace-up boots, and a jaunty black cap. His book had attracted a wide number of readers, and the movie based on it released in 2000 made it more so popular and amongst those fans was the stepson of famous author Carl Hiaasen. In 2002, Hiaasen brought a publisher Alfred A. Knopf into the light of the book, and after reading it, he became so impressed that he agreed to publish all the remaining books of that series. As a result, Paolini published the second edition in 2003 and did New York Times acclaim one of the youngest Bestseller.
Working on a regular basis, Christopher released the third sequel to the book “Eldest”, in the August of 2005 and the fourth one “Brisingr”, in 2008. It so happened that the pre-planned three books did not cover the story and so the fourth one was released in 2011, to cover up the ending, which was “Inheritance”. The series became a massive hit, with selling of more than 35 million copies, it had made Christopher a millionaire. But he still has one more edition in mind, and is currently believed to be working on a new Sci-Fi project. With a massive success, he has got an equally large fan following on his Twitter as well as Instagram accounts.
Christopher was born in an Italian family, on the November of 1983 and was raised in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. His parents Kenneth Paolini and Talita Paolini were publishers and he grew up with his younger sister, Angela Paolini. As a child, he was home schooled and had already graduated by the age of 15, through the accredited correspondence courses, which was proposed by the American School of Correspondence in Illinois. After he was made to wait till getting onto college because he was still very young, he started to create his own world of characters and stories, and started with his writing. Never did he know that it would create a revolutionary impact on his life and career. Awarded with the Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children’s Literature in 2004, he also received the Quill Award for Young adult/teen in 2006. To know more about his personal life, you can read his biography that is available in sites like IMDB and Wikipedia. You can also find his interviews and quotes in many different websites on the media. There is not any specific report on his height; although he looks to be averagely tall.
A fairly handsome man, he has got a charming personality and a very cute smile as well. There have been rumors regarding his sexuality, but there is no chance that he is a gay. Although his lack of information regarding his dating life and affairs, suggest so, but he has denied any false accusations on his sexual orientation. Yes, he hasn’t been married or divorced till now; and thus hasn’t had a wife or any children but it is believed that he has been with a girlfriend for some time, with their pictures available in the media. An American by birth, he belongs to white ethnicity and by 2015, has a net worth value of $5 million US dollars.