CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI. Author of the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance). Creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. Holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. Qualified for marksman in the Australian army. Scottish laird. Dodged gunfire . . . more than once. As a child was chased by a moose in Alaska. Has his name inscribed on Mars. Firstborn of Kenneth and Talita. Husband. Father. Asker of questions and teller of stories.
SIDHARTH CHATURVEDI is a painter who spent most of his life bouncing between San Francisco and New Delhi, finally settling somewhat in between them in Munich, where he works as an assistant art director at Deep Silver. He also creates art for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, all while painting his own fine art in oils and ink. Chaturvedi holds an MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.