Witches of East End is a 2011 novel by author Melissa de la Cruz and the first entry in her "Beauchamp Family" series.
 It was published on June 21, 2011, by Hyperion Books and follows a family of Long Island witches struggling against dark forces conspiring against them.
 "Witches of East End" is de la Cruz's first adult novel; she said she wrote it with her Blue Bloods audience in mind because "many of them will soon be adults" and the book takes place in the same universe as the "Blue Bloods" series.
 The novel currently has two sequels: "Serpent's Kiss" (2012) and "Winds of Salem" (2013).
Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983, Los Angeles, California) is an American author.
 He is the author of the "Inheritance Cycle", which consists of the books "Eragon", "Eldest", "Brisingr" and "Inheritance".
 He currently lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.
The Lover's Dictionary is a 2011 novel by the American author David Levithan.
 It is his first novel for adults.
 This modern love story is told entirely through dictionary entries which are brief and concise having a very unique pattern and style.
The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes.
 The book is Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh) and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom.
 "The Sense of an Ending" is narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life.
 When the past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken.
 In October 2011, "The Sense of an Ending" was awarded the Man Booker Prize.
 The following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards.
Pure is a 2011 novel by English author Andrew Miller.
 The book is the sixth novel by Miller and was released on 9 June 2011 in the United Kingdom through Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton.
 The novel is set in pre-revolutionary France and the upcoming turmoil is a consistent theme throughout.
 It follows an engineer named Jean-Baptiste Baratte and chronicles his efforts in clearing an overfilled graveyard which is polluting the surrounding area.
 Baratte makes friends and enemies as the cemetery is both loved and hated by the people of the district.
Thick as Thieves is a 2011 novel by American author Peter Spiegelman.
 The book is the fifth novel by Spiegelman and was released on July 26, 2011 in the United States through Knopf.
 The story surrounds a group of thieves following their reluctant leader Carr as he plans a million-dollar heist of a criminals compound.
 The novel was well received.
The Arrivals is a 2013 Weird West novel by American author Melissa Marr.
 It is her second adult novel, following her 2011 novel "Graveminder".
 It was first published on July 2, 2013 through William Morrow and follows a group of people that must find a way to survive in strange new surroundings.
The Roving Party is a 2011 novel written by Tasmanian author Rohan Wilson.
 Wilson's first book, it is published by Allen & Unwin.
 "The Roving Party" won the 2011 Vogel Award.
 The novel was also shortlisted for the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction.
Inheritance is a 2011 novel written by American author Christopher Paolini.
 It is the fourth novel in the Inheritance Cycle.
The Buddha in the Attic is a 2011 novel written by American author Julie Otsuka about Japanese picture brides immigrating to America in the early 1900s.
 It is Otsuka's second novel.
 The novel was published in the United States in August 2011 by the publishing house Knopf Publishing Group.

Question: Where was the author of the 2011 novel Inheritance born?
Answer: Los Angeles, California