Nationality American Role Writer Name Naomi Novik | Children Evidence Novik Ardai | |
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Born April 30, 1973 (age 50) New York, US ( 1973-04-30 ) Occupation Writer, computer programmer Subject The Napoleonic wars fought with dragons Awards John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer, Compton Crook Award, Locus Award for Best First Novel Books His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War, Victory of Eagles, Blood of Tyrants Similar People Charles Ardai, Seanan McGuire, Carrie Vaughn, Mary Robinette Kowal, Harry Turtledove Profiles | ||
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Naomi Novik (born 30 April 1973) is an American writer. She is best known for her Temeraire fantasy/alternate history series of nine novels. Her first book, His Majesty's Dragon, won the 2007 Compton Crook Award for best first novel in the science fiction and fantasy category. She was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007, and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2016 for Uprooted.
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- Rezension 17 die feuerreiter seiner majest t naomi novik
- Early life
- Career
- Charity work
- Personal life
- Reviews
- References
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Early life
Novik grew up in Roslyn Heights on Long Island. She is a second-generation American; her father is of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, and her mother is an ethnic Pole. Displaying an interest in reading at a young age, she read The Lord of the Rings at age six, and developed a love for Jane Austen a year later.
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.
Career
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. Novik's books are being released in audio book format. The first five were released by Books on Tape, beginning in 2007, and read by Simon Vance. The sixth book was released by Tantor Audio in September 2010, also read by Vance.
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.
In 2010 Novik said she plans to write a young-adult fantasy novel inspired by The Secret Garden.
In 2011 Novik wrote Will Supervillains Be on the Final?, a new graphic novel about the next generation of high-flying costumed crusaders.
Novik has also written Uprooted, a novel "set in a fantasy world inspired by the Kingdom of Poland", which won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The audiobook is narrated by Julia Emelin.
Charity work
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.
Personal life
Novik is married to the entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai. They live in Manhattan. They have one child, Evidence Novik Ardai, who was born in 2010.