Empire of Ivory (Electronic book text)

Naomi Novik is the acclaimed author of His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War, the first three volumes of the Temeraire series, recently optioned by Peter Jackson, the Academy Award-winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A history buff with a particular interest in the Napoleonic era, Novik studied English literature at Brown University, then 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. Novik lives in New York City with her husband and six computers. Her livejournal can be found at www.temeraire.org.

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