Brooke Gilbert was born in the shadow of the Appalachian Mountains. Having been an avid reader since childhood she carried the dream of being an author in her heart for most of her life. Brooke is cur…
Christopher Paolini was born in Southern California and has lived most of his life in Paradise Valley, Montana. He published his first novel, Eragon, in 2003 at the age of nineteen, and quickly became…
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Ox…
