Words are just letters until an author gives them meaning.

writers Francoise Sagan was 17 when she wrote Bonjour Tristesse. The Outsiders was written by S. E. Hinton in her junior year of high school. Christopher Paolini penned Eragon of the Inheritance series when he was 15. At 19, he was a New York Times best seller.The Diary of Anne Frank was journaled when she was thirteen. Before her 20th birthday, Mary Shelley had completed the Frankenstein manuscript.

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In the Beginning: A History ofEragon ,Eldest , andBrisingrInto the BreachHammerfallShadows on the HorizonKing CatAftermathMemories of the DeadWhat Is a Man?The Price of PowerRudely into the Light …A Cradle SongNo Rest for the WearyDancing with SwordsNo Honor, No Glory, Only Blisters in Unfortunate PlacesMooneaterRumors and WritingAroughsDras-LeonaA Toss of the BonesMy Friend, My EnemyA Flour Made of FlameDust and AshesInterregnumThardsvergûndnzmalThe Way of KnowingA Heart-to-HeartDiscoveryDecisionsUnder Hill and StoneTo Feed a GodInfidels on the LooseThe Tolling of the BellBlack-Shrike-Thorn-CaveHammer and HelmAnd the Walls Fell …By the Banks of Lake LeonaThe Word of a RiderConclave of KingsA Maze Without EndFragments, Half-Seen and IndistinctQuestions UnansweredDepartureThe Torment of UncertaintyThe Hall of the SoothsayerOn the Wings of a DragonThe Sound of His Voice, the Touch of His HandSmall RebellionsA Crown of Ice and SnowBurrow GrubsAmid the Ruins Page 8

9. Snalglí for TwoThe Rock of KuthianAnd All the World a DreamA Question of CharacterThe Vault of SoulsLacuna, Part the FirstLacuna, Part the SecondReturnThe City of SorrowsWar CouncilA Matter of DutyFire in the NightOver the Wall and into the MawThe Storm BreaksThat Which Does Not Kill …The Heart of the FrayThe Name of All NamesMuscle Against MetalThe Gift of KnowledgeDeath ThroesA Sea of NettlesHeir to the EmpireA Fitting EpitaphPieces on a BoardFírnenA Man of ConscienceBlood PricePromises, New and OldLeave-TakingPronunciation Guide and GlossaryAcknowledgments

:A History ofEragon ,Eldest , andBrisingrIn the beginning, there were dragons: proud, fierce, and independent. Their scales were like gems, and allwho gazed upon them despaired, for their beauty was great and terrible.And they lived alone in the land of Alagaësia for ages uncounted.Then the god Helzvog made the stout and sturdy dwarves from the stone of the Hadarac Desert.And their two races warred much. Page 9

10. Then the elves sailed to Alagaësia from across the silver sea. They too warred with the dragons. But theelves were stronger than the dwarves, and they would have destroyed the dragons, even as the dragonswould have

destroyed the elves. And so a truce was struck and a pact was sealed between the dragons and the elves. And by thisjoining, they created the Dragon Riders, who kept the peace throughout

Alagaësia for thousands ofyears.Then humans sailed to Alagaësia. And the horned Urgals. And the Ra’zac, who are the hunters in thedark and the eaters of men’s flesh.And the humans also joined the pact with the dragons.Then a young Dragon Rider, Galbatorix, rose up against his own kind. He enslaved the black dragonShruikan and he convinced thirteen other Riders to follow him. And the thirteen were called theForsworn. And Galbatorix and the Forsworn cast down the Riders and burnt their city on the isle of Vroengard andslew every dragon not their own, save for three eggs: one red, one blue, one green. And from eachdragon they could, they took the heart of hearts—

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Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight.Baby, ev'rything is all right, uptight, out of sight.

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Steve Winwood wrote “Gimme Some Loving” at 19. Eleven year old Michael Jackson wrote and recorded “I Want You Back.” In 1962 Booker T. Jones published “Green Onions.” Buddy Holly was 19 when he wrote “That’ll Be The Day.” At 15, Steven Wonder composed “Uptight (Everthing Is Alright.” By January 1956 Franki Lymon was 13 years old and the author of “Why Do Fools Fall In Love.” Taylor Swift wrote "Our Song" for a talent show in her freshman year in high school.

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playwriteAnya Reiss (born 1991) had her first play Spur of the Moment staged in London in July 2010, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The work won the 2010 TMA Award for Best New Play; the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. ZK Lowenfels is a 20 year-old, and this summer when her play stages at the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival, she will be the youngest playwright in America. Charles Hart, 26, is credited with the lyrics for Webber’s Phantom of the Opera.

Ben Affleck was 25 when he won the Oscar for Goodwill Hunting in 1997. The Oscar was awarded on March 24th 1998 for Best Original Screenplay. Orson Wells was 26 when he won Best Original Screenplay for Citizen Cane in 1941and he was awarded the Oscar on February 26th 1942. At 26, Josh Schwartz became one of the youngest persons in network history to create a network series and run its day-to-day production when he ran The O.C. Cameron Crowe penned his first script; Fast Times at Ridgemont High in1982 when he was 25.

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