Author: Shawn Speakman

  • Naomi At Shared Worlds

    Naomi will be a guest writer at Shared Worlds, the teen SF/F writing camp Jeff VanderMeer runs along with Jeremy L.C. Jones out of Wofford College in South Carolina. The writing camp will take place July 22 – August 4, 2012. To learn more about this fantastic opportunity, read Jeff VanderMeer’s very succinct blog post…

  • Vici and New Naomi Interview

    Fantasy Magazine has published a new interview with Naomi where she talks about the novella titled <em>Vici</em>, how it came to be, and what she has planned in the future—including the tentative title for Temeraire #8! Read the interview HERE and then read Vici HERE! Enjoy!

  • Event: Why Fantasy Matters

    Naomi will be taking part in a cool event next week on October 5, 2011 at The Center for Fiction! She will join authors Kelly Link, Felix Gilman and Lev Grossman to talk about fantasy and the importance of imagination. Here are more details: Why Fantasy Matters Wednesday October 5, 2011 7:00 pm The Center…

  • US Cover: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik

    Here is the US cover for Crucible of Gold, Book Seven in the Temeraire series! To read the Prologue from the book, click HERE! Love it!

  • Naomi at NYCC 2011!

    Naomi will be attending the 2011 New York Comic Con on Friday, October 14, 2011! For any of you also attending, she will be conducting a book signing at the Random House booth from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. After the signing, she will be sitting on the Del Rey panel in Room #1A23 from…

  • In Stores Now: Naked City

    As many of you know, Naomi loves writing short stories! Today is a good day for those of you who love reading those short stories and who like collecting everything Naomi publishes. Today Naked City, edited by the fantastic Ellen Datlow, is in bookstores. Naked City is an urban fantasy anthology featuring some of the…

  • Posted Prologue: Crucible of Gold

    Today’s nur-ne-nur-ne-nur moment from yours truly is that Naomi Novik has delivered the manuscript for Crucible of Gold, the seventh book in her Temerairet series, which means I get to steal off to a quiet corner and immerse myself in reading for the next two days! The manuscript still needs to go through copyediting, proofreading,…

  • New Anthology: Naked City

    Naomi has a new short story being published soon on July 5th in the urban fantasy anthology Naked City! Here is a bit more about it: In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today’s hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher’s ”Curses”…

  • Giveaway: Will Supervillains Be On The Final?

    To celebrate the release of the new graphic novel, Naomi and Del Rey Books have decided to give away TEN copies of Will Supervillains Be On the Final? to fans in the United States. Sorry, international fans, this is only for US residents. FIVE of the copies will be given away on this website; FIVE…

  • Ask Naomi: May 2011

    Every month going forward, bestselling author Naomi Novik will accept questions from her fans via her website and answer five of them. It has already begun. Below you will find Naomi’s answers from questions sent into the website in April 2011, but if you have any questions for her—about her work or craft of writing—visit…