The Temeraire series has also been released in audiobook format. In September 2006, Peter Jackson optioned the rights to the Temeraire series, intending to produce three or more live-action films, but the rights have since reverted to Novik. Temeraire: In the Service of the King is omnibus volume collecting the first three books of the series ( His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War) it won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2007. His Majesty's Dragon won the Compton Crook Award in 2007 and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Novik's first novel, His Majesty's Dragon ( Temeraire in the UK) is the first novel in the Temeraire series, an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars in a "Flintlock Fantasy" world where dragons are abundant and are used in aerial combat. She participated in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, until she discovered that she preferred writing over game design. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature at Brown University and holds a master's degree in computer science from Columbia University. 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. She is a second-generation American her father's family were Lithuanian Jews, and her mother's family were Polish Catholics. Novik grew up in Roslyn Heights on Long Island. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards. Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction.
Naomi Novik at a book signing event in Philadelphia, July 2008
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