Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973 in New York ) is an American writer .

Life

Novik studied English Literature at Brown University and earned a Masters in Computer Science from Columbia University . She was involved in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadow of Undernzit until she preferred writing to game design.

Awards

• 2007: Compton Crook / Stephen Tall Award for Best First Work in Science Fiction / Fantasy for His Majesty's Dragon
• 2007: Locus Award for Best First Work, Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon / Throne of Jade / Black Powder War
• 2007: John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award
• 2016: Nebula Award for the novel Uprooted (German: The dark heart of the forest )
• 2016: British Fantasy Award for the novel Uprooted
• 2019: Locus Award for the best novel (fantasy) for The Cold Empire of Silver

bibliography

Her first novel, His Majesty's Dragon , which begins the series Temeraire (Eng. His Majesty's Fire Riders ), is an alternate story of the Napoleonic Wars in a world where dragons are used in aerial combat.

English editions

Temeraire

• Naomi Novik: His Majesty's Dragon . Del Rey Books , March 2006, ISBN 0-345-48128-3 .
• Naomi Novik: Throne of Jade . Del Rey Books, 2006, ISBN 0-345-48129-1 .
• Naomi Novik: Black Powder War . Del Rey Books, 2006, ISBN 0-345-48130-5 .
• Naomi Novik: Empire of Ivory . Del Rey Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-49687-4 .
• Naomi Novik: Victory of Eagles . Del Rey Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-00-725915-1 .
• Naomi Novik: Tongues of Serpents . Del Rey Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-49689-8 .
• Naomi Novik: Crucible of Gold . Del Rey Books, March 2012, ISBN 978-0-345-52286-3 .
• Naomi Novik: Blood Of Tyrants . Del Rey Books, August 2013, ISBN 978-0-345-52289-4 .
• Naomi Novik: League of Dragons . Del Rey Books, June 2016, ISBN 978-0-345-52292-4 .

Single novels

• Naomi Novik: Uprooted . Del Rey Books, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8041-7903-4 .
• Naomi Novik: Spinning Silver . Macmillan, 2018, ISBN 978-1-5098-9901-2 .

German editions

His Majesty's Fire Riders

• Naomi Novik: Brood of dragons. Blanvalet , Berlin June 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24443-0 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon Prince. Blanvalet, Berlin August 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24444-7 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon Wrath. Blanvalet, Berlin October 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24445-4 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon shine. Blanvalet, Berlin April 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-26572-5 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon Watch. Penhaligon , Munich February 2009, ISBN 978-3-7645-3015-0 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon Flame. Penhaligon, Munich October 2010, ISBN 978-3-7645-3016-7 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon gold. Penhaligon, Munich June 2012, ISBN 978-3-7645-3073-0 .
• Naomi Novik: Dragon enemy. Penhaligon, Munich July 2014, ISBN 978-3-7645-3074-7 .
• Naomi Novik: dragon victory . Penhaligon, Munich March 2017, ISBN 978-3-7645-3075-4 .

Single novels

• Naomi Novik: The dark heart of the forest . cbj , Munich November 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-17268-1 .
• Naomi Novik: The cold realm of silver . cbj , Munich March 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-16549-2 .

filming

In September 2006 it was reported that Peter Jackson had acquired the rights to film the Temeraire series. In December 2009 it was specified that it should be a TV series adaptation. According to Novik on Reddit in 2016, the option to film it was forfeited and the rights were back in their possession.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Naomi. In: Temeraire: the official website of Naomi Novik. Retrieved June 10, 2011 . 
2. ↑ 2015 Nebula Awards Winners. In: Locus Online . Retrieved May 15, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Peter Jackson filmed the great dragon epic. herr-der-ringe-film.de, September 14, 2006, accessed on November 4, 2010 . 
4. ↑ TEMERAIRE: Peter Jackson is planning a TV series. herr-der-ringe-film.de, December 12, 2009, accessed on November 4, 2010 . 
5. ↑ AMA: Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted & the Temeraire series. February 23, 2016, accessed May 21, 2018 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about Naomi Novik in the catalog of the German National Library
• Naomi Novik in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Naomi Novik in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Naomi Novik at Open Library
• Official website