Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik is an American author of speculative fiction.
* 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).
* Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively.
* Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.
* She grew up in Roslyn Heights on Long Island.
* She is a second-generation American; her father's family were Lithuanian Jews, and her mother's family were Polish Catholics.
* She received a bachelor's degree in English literature at Brown University and holds a master's degree in computer science from Columbia University.
* She is married to Charles Ardai, an author and editor.
* They have one daughter.