NAOMI NOVIK

'Naomi Novik' (1973—) is an American novelist. She was born in New York in 1973, a second-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 , until she discovered she preferred writing to game design.
Her first novel, ''His Majesty's Dragon'' (''Temeraire'' in the UK), which commences the series Temeraire, is an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars in a world in which dragons are abundant and used in aerial combat. His Majesty's Dragon won the Compton Crook Award in 2007.
She is currently working on a fourth novel in the series, titled ''Empire of Ivory'' which is due out in October 2007^[1].
The page proofs for ''Empire of Ivory'' were sent to the publisher on June 29, 2007. The title of the next book in the series will be ''Victory of Eagles'', coming out in June 2008^[2].
In September 2006, it was reported that Peter Jackson had recently optioned the Temeraire series, including all forthcoming books^[3].
Novik is married to entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai^[4]. They live in Manhattan.
In September 2007, Novik was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for best new science fiction writer of 2006.

Contents

Bibliography

Temeraire series

Omnibus edition

Short stories

Forthcoming

Reviews

References

External links

Bibliography

Temeraire series

# ''His Majesty's Dragon'' (March 2006, ISBN 0-345-48128-3)
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★ Published in the UK as ''Temeraire'' (August 2007, ISBN:978-0-00-725673-0)
# ''Throne of Jade'' (April 2006, ISBN 0-345-48129-1)
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★ Published in the UK as ''Throne of Jade'' (August 2007, ISBN 0-00-721912-1)
# ''Black Powder War'' (May 2006, ISBN 0-345-48130-5)
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★ Published in the UK as ''Black Powder War'' (August 2007, ISBN 978 0 00 721917 9)

Omnibus edition

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★ ''In the Service of the King'' (SFBC, 2006, ISBN 0-739-46871-5)

Short stories

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★ Two Temeraire short stories, ''Feast or famine'' and ''Apples'', have been published on Novik's official website.

Forthcoming

# ''Empire of Ivory'' (September 2007, ISBN 0-345-49687-6)
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★ Published in the UK 'in Hardcover' as ''Empire of Ivory (November 5th 2007, ISBN 978 0 00 725673 0)

Reviews

★ Temeraire / His Majesty's Dragon Alma A. Hromic

★ His Majesty's Dragon T. M. Wagner

★ Throne of Jade T. M. Wagner

★ Black Powder War T. M. Wagner

★ Empire of Ivory T. M. Wagner

References

1. Weblog entry by Novik about the title of the fourth book
2. Weblog entry by Novik about finishing the fourth book and the title of the fifth book
3. Lord of fantasy: Jackson eyeing 'Temeraire'
4. A New Writer Is Soaring on the Wings of a Dragon

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

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