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Christopher Paolini

1983 - Today

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Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American and Italian author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon (2002), Eldest (2005), Brisingr (2008), Inheritance (2011), the follow-up short story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm (2018), and Murtagh (2023), the first in a follow-up duology. His first science fiction novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, was published on September 15, 2020. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Paolini is the 5,705th most popular writer (down from 5,439th in 2024), the 9,320th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,041st in 2019) and the 684th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Paolini ranks 5,705 out of 7,302. Before him are Madeleine L'Engle, Herberto Hélder, Elizabeth Montagu, Manuel Rivas, Julia Hartwig, and Ha Jin. After him are Hannu Salama, Áron Tamási, Miklós Jósika, Gwendolyn Brooks, H. A. Rey, and Jhumpa Lahiri.

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Among people born in 1983, Christopher Paolini ranks 118. Before him are Assimi Goïta, Domhnall Gleeson, Mido, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Sola Aoi, and Lin Dan. After him are Ashleigh Ball, Nikki Bella, Vladimir Stojković, Sylvia Hoeks, Jérémy Toulalan, and Lee Sedol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Paolini ranks 9,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Talia Balsam (1959), Lynn Collins (1977), Bill Moseley (1951), and King Kong Bundy (1955). After him are Robert A. Parker (1936), Richard Davalos (1930), Jim Elliot (1927), Garrett Morris (1937), Walter Reuther (1907), and Gregg Araki (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Christopher Paolini ranks 684. Before him are Mary L. Trump (1965), Booth Tarkington (1869), Frank Belknap Long (1901), T. C. Boyle (1948), Amiri Baraka (1934), and Madeleine L'Engle (1918). After him are Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Alexei Panshin (1940), Bill O'Reilly (1949), William Cullen Bryant (1794), and Norah Vincent (1968).

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