![]() ![]() ![]() She completed her master's degree in computer science, but continued to write fan fiction on the side.Īlmost a decade after she first went online, she says she was working as a programmer for a computer game "and something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of light-bulb moment for me as a writer." At the time, her fan fiction at was inspired by swashbuckling adventure novels set in the Napoleonic era. Engaging with fan communities online got her interested in two things: coding and fan fiction. ![]() It was the early days of the Internet, and Novik found her way to a discussion list for Trekkers. "I ended up rooming in a dorm that was basically a solid wall of female scientists, and every Wednesday we would all watch Star Trek: The Next Generation." Novik's career as a writer and programmer started in the same place - her sophomore college dorm. "I'm an engineer and a writer," she says, "and I find that those two things are not uncomplimentary." She writes books about dragons, witches and dark woods - and she's also designed computer games. Naomi Novik says Uprooted was inspired by her family's history on Poland.Īuthor Naomi Novik is a world builder. ![]()
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