Christopher Paolini

Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American and Italian author best known for The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy series including Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. He became a New York Times bestselling author at 19 and holds the Guinness World Record as the youngest author of a bestselling book series. Paolini has also written science fiction, including To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.