Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik is the author of the Temeraire series, born in New York in 1973, a first-generation American of Polish descent, and was raised in Roslyn Heights, New Jersey 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. She began writing His Majesty's Dragon, her first novel, in 2004 after having written numerous fan fiction stories. Naomi lives in New York City with her husband and six computers. You can find out more at her livejournal.
