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 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. 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

In September 2006, it was reported that Peter Jackson had recently optioned the Temeraire series, including all forthcoming books

Novik is married to entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai[3]. They live in Manhattan.