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Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons; her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018), which were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, respectively; and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.

Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik at a book signing event in Philadelphia, July 2008
Born	(1973-04-30) April 30, 1973 (age 49) New York, US
Occupation	Novelist computer programmer
Education	Brown University (BA) Columbia University (MS)
Genres	Historical fantasy alternate history
Notable awards	See below
Spouse	Charles Ardai
Children	Evidence Novik Ardai
Website
naominovik.com

Early life

Novik grew up in Roslyn Heights on Long Island. She is a second-generation American; her father's family were Lithuanian Jews, and her mother's family were Polish Catholics.[1] 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 soon afterward.[2]

She received a bachelor's degree in English literature at Brown University, and holds a master's degree in computer science from Columbia University.[3] 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.[2]

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,[4] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel.[5] Temeraire: In the Service of the King, an omnibus volume collecting the first three books of the series (His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War), won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2007.[6]

In September 2006, Peter Jackson optioned the rights to the Temeraire series,[7] intending to produce three or more live-action films,[8] but the rights have since reverted to Novik.[9]

The Temeraire series has also been released in audiobook format. The first five audiobooks were released by Books on Tape, beginning in 2007, and read by Simon Vance.[10] The sixth audiobook was released by Tantor Audio in September 2010, also read by Vance.[11]

In September 2007, Novik was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for best new science fiction writer of 2006.[12]

In 2011, Novik wrote Will Supervillains Be on the Final?, a graphic novel about the next generation of high-flying costumed crusaders. Yishan Li illustrated the comic with "manga-styled art".[13]

In 2015, Novik published Uprooted, a standalone novel "set in a fantasy world inspired by the Kingdom of Poland",[14] which won the Nebula Award for Best Novel,[15] the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel,[16] the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,[17] and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.[18] Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to Uprooted; Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman signed on to produce the film through their production company, A Very Good Production.[19]

In 2016, Novik published "Spinning Silver", a short story retelling the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, in the fantasy anthology The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales.[1][20] Two years later, she expanded the story into her second standalone novel, Spinning Silver,[1] which won the 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,[21] the 2019 Alex Award,[22] and the 2019 Audie Award for Fantasy.[23]

In 2020, Novik published A Deadly Education, the first in a trilogy set in the Scholomance, a school of black magic from folklore. The main character, Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress, must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities.[24] Universal Pictures purchased the film rights to the Scholomance series in advance, assigning Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman of Mandeville Films to develop and produce the films.[25] Upon its release, A Deadly Education was criticized for a passage where the hairstyle known as dreadlocks is described as susceptible to an infestation of bug-like magical creatures.[26][27] Novik later apologized for "evok[ing] a racist stereotype" about Afro-textured hair. She revised the passage for future reprints, and promised that the sequel novels will not be sent to reviewers and publishers before "revisions are fully complete and a final sensitivity read has happened."[28]

Activism

Novik helped to organize and in 2007 was one of the three directors of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), a non-profit organization[29][30] dedicated to the advancement of fan-media including fan fiction, fan videos (vids), and real-person fiction.[31]

Novik was a co-founder of Archive of Our Own (AO3), a project of OTW that began in 2007 to create an online archive of fan fiction.[32][33] When, at the 2019 Hugo Award ceremony, AO3 won the award for Best Related Work, Novik accepted the prize on behalf of all AO3's creators and readers.[34]

Personal life

Novik is married to the entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai. They live in Manhattan.[2] They have one child, a daughter named Evidence Novik Ardai, who was born in 2010.[35]

Awards and nominations

Novik has won the British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards, and received nominations for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.[36]

Award	Category	Year	Work	Result	Ref.
Alex Award	Adult Book[lower-alpha 1]	2019	Spinning Silver	Won	[22]
Audie Award	Fantasy	2019	Spinning Silver	Won	[23]
British Fantasy Award	Fantasy Novel	2016	Uprooted	Won	[16]
Hugo Award	Novel	2007	His Majesty's Dragon	Nominated	[5]
		2016	Uprooted	Nominated	[38]
		2019	Spinning Silver	Nominated	[39]
	Series	2017	Temeraire	Nominated	[40]
John W. Campbell Award	New Writer	2007	Naomi Novik	Won	[12]
Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	2016	Uprooted	Won	[17]
		2019	Spinning Silver	Won	[21]
		2022	The Last Graduate	Nominated	[41]
	First Novel	2007	Temeraire: In the Service of the King[lower-alpha 2]	Won	[6]
	Novelette	2016	"Spinning Silver"[lower-alpha 3]	Nominated	[44]
Lodestar Award	Young Adult Book	2021	A Deadly Education	Nominated	[36]
		2022	The Last Graduate	Won	[36]
Mythopoeic Award	Adult Literature	2016	Uprooted	Won	[18]
		2019	Spinning Silver	Won	[45]
Nebula Award	Novel	2016	Uprooted	Won	[15]
		2019	Spinning Silver	Nominated	[46]
World Fantasy Award	Novel	2016	Uprooted	Nominated	[47]

She has also received the following accolades:

• Winner — 2007 Compton Crook Award — His Majesty's Dragon[4]
• Finalist — 2018 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy – Spinning Silver[48]

Bibliography

Standalone novels

• Uprooted (May 2015, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0804179034
• Spinning Silver (July 2018, Del Rey / Macmillian) – ISBN 978-1509899012

Temeraire series

1. His Majesty's Dragon (2006):
   • His Majesty's Dragon (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345481283
   • Temeraire (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007219117
   • Temeraire (AU, Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007219100
   • His Majesty's Dragon: Book One of Temeraire (US, Random House)[49] – ISBN 978-0593359549
2. Throne of Jade (2006)
   • Throne of Jade (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345481290
   • Throne of Jade (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007258727
   • Throne of Jade: Book Two of Temeraire (US, Random House)[50] – ISBN 978-0593359556
3. Black Powder War (2006)
   • Black Powder War (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345481306
   • Black Powder War (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007219179
   • Black Powder War: Book Three of Temeraire (US, Random House)[51] – ISBN 978-0593359563
4. Empire of Ivory (2007)
   • Empire of Ivory (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345496874
   • Empire of Ivory (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007256747
   • Empire of Ivory: Book Four of Temeraire (US, Random House)[52] – ISBN 978-0593359570
5. Victory of Eagles (2008)
   • Victory of Eagles (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345496881
   • Victory of Eagles (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007256754
   • Victory of Eagles: Book Five of Temeraire (US, Random House)[53] – ISBN 978-0593359587
6. Tongues of Serpents (2010)
   • Tongues of Serpents (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345496898
   • Tongues of Serpents (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007259168
   • Tongues of Serpents: Book Six of Temeraire (US, Random House)[54] – ISBN 978-0593359594
7. Crucible of Gold (2012)
   • Crucible of Gold (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345522863
   • Crucible of Gold (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007569106
8. Blood of Tyrants (2013)
   • Blood of Tyrants (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345522894
   • Blood of Tyrants (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0007569083
9. League of Dragons (2016)
   • League of Dragons (US, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345522924
   • League of Dragons (UK, Harper Voyager) – ISBN 978-0008121150

Omnibus editions

• Temeraire: In the Service of the King (June 2006, Science Fiction Book Club) – ISBN 978-0739468715
• In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (October 2009, Del Rey) – ISBN 978-0345513540

Scholomance trilogy

• A Deadly Education (September 2020, Del Rey)[55] – ISBN 978-0593128480
• The Last Graduate (September 2021, Del Rey)[56] – ISBN 978-0593128862
• The Golden Enclaves (September 2022, Del Rey)[57] – ISBN 978-0593158357

Short stories

• "Feast or Famine", a Temeraire short story, published on Novik's official website; also translated into Czech
• Deleted scenes from Throne of Jade and Empire of Ivory
• "Apples", published on Novik's official website, 2005
• "Araminta, or, the Wreck of the Amphidrake", in Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59780-094-5.
• "Commonplaces", in The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Night Shade Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59780-160-7
• "Vici", in The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, Ace Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-441-01764-5
• "Purity Test", in Zombies vs. Unicorns, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4169-8953-0
• "Seven Years from Home", in Warriors, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2048-3
• "Priced to Sell", in Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011, ISBN 978-0-3123-8524-8
• "Lord Dunsany's Teapot" in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer, 2011,
• "Rocks Fall", in The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, edited by John Joseph Adams, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7653-2644-7
• "In Autumn, a White Dragon Looks Over the Wide River", a Temeraire short story, in both In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire and Wings of Fire, ISBN 978-1-59780-187-4
• "In Favour with Their Stars", in Unfettered, edited by Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9847-1363-9
• "Castle Coeurlieu", in Unfettered II, edited by Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-9441-4505-7
• "Spinning Silver", in The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4814-5612-8
• Golden Age and Other Stories, a Temeraire short story collection, Subterranean Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1-59606-829-2
• "Seven", in Unfettered III, edited by Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-9441-4526-2

Notes

References

External links

• Official website: old version, current version
• Archive of Naomi Novik's LiveJournal page
• Organization for Transformative Works
• Naomi Novik at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Interviews: SFFWorld (2006), Strange Horizons (2006), Ain't it Cool News (2007), Locus Online (2007), The Portalist (2016)

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[ru] Новик, Наоми

Наоми Янина Новик (англ. Naomi Janina Novik, род. 30 апреля 1973) — американская писательница-фантаст, работающая в жанрах альтернативной истории и военной фэнтези. Прежде всего известна как создательница книжной серии «Темерер» (англ. Temeraire), которая состоит из девяти книг. Первый роман писательницы — «Дракон Его Величества» — получил премию Комптона Крука в 2007 году за лучший дебютный роман в категории «научная фантастика и фэнтези».[10] Кроме того, писательница дважды номинирована на премию «Хьюго» за лучший роман в 2007 и 2016 году.[11] В 2016 году роман «Выкорчеванная» получил премию «Небьюла» за лучший роман.[12]

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