/ Key title An historical fantasy with bite. This deliciously addictive debut novel from Naomi Novik captures the Napoleonic period perfectly and skilfully layers history with imagination by adding a Dragon Air Force to the battle for England. / Competition: Susanna Clarke
Naomi Novik was born in New York in 1973, a first-generation American, and raised on Polish fairy tales, Baba Yaga, and Tolkien. She studied English Literature at Brown University and did graduate work in Computer Science at Columbia University before leaving to participate in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. Over the course of a brief winter sojourn working on the game in Edmonton, Canada (accompanied by a truly alarming coat that now lives brooding in the depths of her closet), she realized she preferred the writing to the programming, and, on returning to New York, decided to try her hand at novels. Temeraire is her first.
Naomi lives in New York City with her husband and six computers. Her website and livejournal are at www.temeraire.org
'I took a jaundiced view of dragon books until Novik won me over
with her first novel. the combination of military history,
sympathetic characters, and engaging style makes this series great,
intelligent fun.’
The Times `Plenty of intrigue, swordplay, exotic locations,
plausible invention. In short a treat.’
The Telegraph `These are beautifully written novels, not only
fresh, original and fast-paced, but full of wonderful characters
with real heart.’
Peter Jackson `Novik has stirred the passions with a genre-busting
historical fantasy of the first order.'
Sunday Sport 'In the best tradition of fantasy, historical fiction
and nautical novels.'
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