The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The book itself is a tale of a boy named Kvothe who grows up from boyhood into his early teens through the book. It is implied that this boy will achieve great things, but we will have to wait till the next book comes out to get all the juicy details. Keep 'em comin', I say. This is his first book, and already it is a New York Times bestseller. Impressive. He went to college for nine years, unable to picka mojor until he finally graduated with a degree in English. He went to graduate school and then went back to his old school to teach. He sent his novel off to, well, pretty much everywhere with no luck until he cut a piece and used it as a shortstory for a contest. It won, and he went to a writers workshop in LA. It was because of this that he eventually found his editor and sold his book. I guess everybody gets one.