Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik
Born	(1973-04-30) April 30, 1973 (age 39) New York
Occupation	Writer, computer programmer
Nationality	American
Period	Napoleonic Wars
Genres	Historical fantasy/Alternate history
Subjects	The Napoleonic wars fought with dragons
Spouse(s)	Charles Ardai
www.temeraire.org

Naomi Novik (30 April 1973 New York City) is an American novelist. She is a first-generation American; her father is of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, and her mother is an ethnic Pole. She studied English Literature at Brown University, and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University. She participated in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, until she discovered that she preferred writing to game design. Novik is married to entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai.^[1] They live in Manhattan.

Novik's first novel, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire in the UK), which commences the Temeraire series, is an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars in a "Flintlock Fantasy" world in which dragons are abundant and are used in aerial combat. His Majesty's Dragon won the Compton Crook Award in 2007, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

In September 2006, Peter Jackson optioned the Temeraire series.^[2]

In September 2007 Novik was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for best new science fiction writer of 2006. She also won the 2007 Compton Crook Award.

The sixth book in the series, Tongues of Serpents, was published in July 2010.^[3]

Bibliography

Temeraire series

Novik has published six books in the Temeraire series. She plans for the series to conclude after nine books, with the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The seventh book is scheduled to be written by the end of 2011, for publication in 2012.^[4]

1. His Majesty's Dragon (March 2006, ISBN 0-345-48128-3)
   • Published in the UK as Temeraire in August 2007, ISBN 978-0-00-725871-0
2. Throne of Jade (April 2006, ISBN 0-345-48129-1)
   • Published in the UK August 2007, ISBN 0-00-721912-1
3. Black Powder War (May 2006, ISBN 0-345-48130-5)
   • Published in the UK in August 2007, ISBN 978-0-00-721917-9
4. Empire of Ivory (September 2007, ISBN 0-345-49687-6)
   • Published in the UK in November 2007, ISBN 978-0-00-725673-0
5. Victory of Eagles (July 2008, ISBN 0-345-49688-4)
6. Tongues of Serpents (July 2010, ISBN 0-345-49689-2)
7. Crucible of Gold (March 2012, ISBN 0-345-52286-9)

Omnibus edition

• In the Service of the King (SFBC, 2006, ISBN 0-7394-6871-5)
• In His Majesty's Service (October 2009, ISBN 0-345-51354-1)

Short stories

• The Temeraire short story, "Feast or Famine" has been published on Novik's official website, and has been translated into Czech.
• Deleted scenes from Throne of Jade and Empire of Ivory.
• "Apples".
• "Araminta, or, the Wreck of the Amphidrake". Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59780-094-5.
• "Commonplaces". The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Night Shade Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59780-160-7
• "Vici". The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy , Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, 2009, ISBN 978-0-441-01764-5
• "Purity Test". Zombies vs. Unicorns, Margaret K. McElderry, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4169-8953-0.
• "Seven Years from Home". Warriors, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2048-3

Current work

Novik is working on the seventh book of the Temeraire series, titled Crucible of Gold.^[5] She has also said she plans to write a young-adult fantasy novel inspired by The Secret Garden.^[6]

Novik is also author of Will Supervillains Be on the Final?, a new graphic novel about the next generation of high-flying costumed crusaders.

Audio Books

The books are being released in audio book format. The first five were released by Books on Tape^[7] and read by Simon Vance. The sixth book was released by Tantor Audio^[8], also read by Simon Vance.

Reviews

• Alma A. Hromic. "Temeraire/His Majesty's Dragon". Featured review, SF Site. http://www.sfsite.com/04a/te221.htm. 
• T. M. Wagner. "His Majesty's Dragon". SF Reviews.net. http://sfreviews.net/his_majestys_dragon.html. 
• T. M. Wagner. "Throne of Jade". SF Reviews.net. http://sfreviews.net/throne_of_jade.html. 
• T. M. Wagner. "Black Powder War". SF Reviews.net. http://sfreviews.net/black_powder_war.html. 
• T. M. Wagner. "Empire of Ivory". SF Reviews.net. http://sfreviews.net/empire_of_ivory.html. 

The Organization for Transformative Works

Novik is an emeritus member of the board of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of fan-media including fan fiction, fan videos (vids), and real-person fiction. The OTW project began in 2007.^[9]

References

External links

• Naomi Novik's Official Website
• Dragons! Lipgloss! Death! - Naomi Novik's LiveJournal page
• Interview with Naomi Novik at SFFWorld.com, 15 February 2006
• Interview: Naomi Novik by Rose Fox at Strange Horizons, 14 August 2006
• Naomi Novik: Regency Dragons at Locus Online, January 2007
• Quint interviews Temeraire author Naomi Novik about Peter Jackson, dream casting and Book 4 at Ain't it Cool News, 8 January 2007
• Naomi Novik at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Homepage of the Organization for Transformative Works
• 2010 audio interview on the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast