Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik (1973—) is an American novelist. She was born in New York in 1973, 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 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.

In September 2006, it was reported that Peter Jackson had recently optioned the Temeraire series and all future books in it^[1].

Novik is married to entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai^[2]. They live in Manhattan.

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His Majesty's Dragon (March 2006, ISBN 0-345-48128-3)
- Published in the UK as Temeraire (January 2006, ISBN 0-00-721909-1)
Throne of Jade (April 2006, ISBN 0-345-48129-1)
- Published in the UK as Temeraire: Throne of Jade (August 2006, ISBN 0-00-721912-1)
Black Powder War (May 2006, ISBN 0-345-48130-5)
- Published in the UK as Temeraire: Black Powder War (January 2007, ISBN 0-00-721915-6)