
That self-published novel is now a New York Times bestseller. Knopf snatched it up in 2002 and shared it with the world.

(What are you doing with your life?) His book was self-published, but then-ka-ching!-Alfred A. He wrote this colossal fantasy when he was a teenager. Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon, also had quite a surprise coming his way.

(You don't even need to know what that is to know it's epic.)Īnd get this. Memo to all you turnip farmers out there: adventure awaits! Eragontells the story of a little ol' turnip farmer whose world is turned upside down when he finds out that he's destined to be a Dragon Rider.
