By Stefano Montali In the months before Christopher Paolini wrote ... 11-country promotion tour. With a sword latched to the wall behind him, Paolini discussed his early career, self-publishing ...

When Christopher Paolini enters the pine forests of the rugged ... Seven days a week, he writes of swords and magic, elves and hideous Urgal monsters. After rising in the morning, he settles ...

Today, the dragon rider possesses immortal­ity, a light-up sword and enough magic to levitate Hogwarts. And Christopher Paolini, now in his 20s, is an internationally best-selling author.

Christopher Paolini, who was to read in drag as Miss Amie Vanité, had just gotten to the library and was getting ready for Drag Queen Story Hour. Right after he arrived is when officers ...

Two decades after Christopher Paolini self-published his debut book ... a standalone novel spotlighting the eponymous Dragon Slayer and his sword Thorn from the cycle’s world of Alagaësia.

Strange as it sounds, that particular fantasy story happened. Its hero is Christopher Paolini, a real-life home-schooled kid who lives with his family in a remote valley in the Absaroka Mountains ...

Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon ... Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire." On Paolini's site, the book series overview offers those new to the franchise a ...