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Naomi Novik
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author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
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Happy Thursday! Getting ready for holiday travel? Here's a pre-Thanksgiving treat to load up your library, whether you're boarding planes & trains, or hunkering down to cook:

Sale price on two e-books: $5.99 for THE SUMMER WAR (ends today!) & $1.99 for BURIED DEEP

Get it at lnk.bio/naominovik
Illustration of autumn leaf background. Two Kindle images for THE SUMMER WAR and BURIED DEEP. Alert for SUMMER WAR ebook sale reads: "Ends Today."
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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📣 E-Book Sale! Need an early Thanksgiving treat? 🦃

You can get THE SUMMER WAR is $5.99 through Nov 20 at all ebook vendors - add to your library or gift a friend! Find your favorite ebook seller at lnk.bio/naominovik

(And LMK if yours isn't listed - I'll add them 💝)
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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⏰️ Quick Reminder! THIS SUNDAY (Nov 16) I'm going to the New York Jewish Book Festival, hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage & chatting about SPINNING SILVER with @inkasrain.bsky.social
👉11:30 AM, followed by a signing.

The festival is free to attend with registration:
mjhnyc.org/events/20...
Image includes additional information on museum location. Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is located at the Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place in New York, NY. Naomi Novik will be discussing SPINNING SILVER with Michal Schick at 11:30 AM followed by a signing for readers at 12:50PM.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Next weekend (Sun, Nov 16), I'll be at the 2025 New York Jewish Book Festival, hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage to discuss SPINNING SILVER with Michal Schick at 11:30 AM, with a signing to follow.

The festival is free to attend with registration - sign up at mjhnyc.org/events/20...

Image includes additional information on museum location. Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is located at the Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place in New York, NY. Naomi Novik will be discussing SPINNING SILVER with Michal Schick at 11:30 AM followed by a signing for readers at 12:50PM.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🏰Creepy castles, gruesome graves, eerie estates-oh my!

Last Halloween giveaway!🎃
Signed PB of BURIED DEEP, where some of my short stories take place in unsettling (or even scary) places.

Do you have a favorite fictional spooky space? 👻
Share yours to enter; details in pic, ends midnite, Nov 3.
This image contains rules for the Halloween Giveaway. Creepy castles, gruesome graves, eerie estates, oh my! Last book in the Halloween weekend giveaway. A signed paperback edition of BURIED DEEP - anthology of my short stories, quite a few of which are set in spooky spaces: a grim school of magic, an ancient castle with an uncanny top floor, & an underground labyrinth that might be housing one scary tenant. Do you have a favorite fictional spooky space? This giveaway closes tomorrow at midnight (Nov 3)! To enter: 1. Follow my account (if you’re not already) 2. Like this post 3. Leave a comment sharing your favorite scariest place or space! If it’s from a book, post the title & author too! Entries are open until Monday, November 3rd at 11:59pm PT. You must be 18 or over to enter. Winners will be notified and contacted for shipping details via DM by @naominovik. PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are only able to ship to the US at this time. We’re very disappointed to not be able to ship to readers overseas; thank you for understanding.
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Fire burn and caldron bubble!

Next up in the Halloween weekend giveaways: a signed re-issue of UPROOTED, with new bonus short story “The Lake Witch.”
I love writing spooky, magical women 🧙‍♀️ Do you have a favorite fictional witch? Leave a comment with yours to enter!

(Details attached)
This image contains rules for the Halloween Giveaway. Fire burn and caldron bubble! Next up in the Halloween weekend giveaways - a signed paperback re-issue of UPROOTED - now with an exclusive bonus short story called “The Lake Witch,” which might have taken place around the corner from Agnieszka’s Wood. I love coming back to the slightly uncanny and occasionally spooky archetype of women with Baba Yaga vibes. Do you have a favorite fictional witch(es)? Wonderful ones like Elphaba? Super scary ones like Roald Dahl’s? Or incredibly disturbing ones like Dolores Umbridge? This giveaway closes tomorrow at midnight (Nov 3)! To enter, see below for details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To enter: 1. Follow my account (if you’re not already) 2. Like this post 3. Leave a comment naming your favorite witch(es). If they’re from a book, share the title & author too! Entries are open until November 3rd 11:59pm PT. You must be 18 or over to enter. Winners will be notified and contacted for shipping details via DM by @naominovik. PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are only able to ship to the US at this time. We’re very disappointed to not be able to ship to readers overseas; thank you for understanding.
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I’m kicking off a weekend of Halloween giveaways with THE SUMMER WAR - where a young witch accidentally curses her brother with her newly discovered magic - but she’s not the only one who finds treats turning into tricks.

Do you have a favorite story magic gone awry?
Details to enter attached.
This image contains rules for the Halloween Giveaway. TRICK ? or TREAT? Starting tonight, I’m kicking off a weekend of Halloween giveaways! First up - a signed hardcover of THE SUMMER WAR – where a young witch accidentally curses her brother with her newly discovered magic – but she’s not the only one who finds treats turning into tricks. Do you have a favorite book of magic gone awry? What’s the most shivery “Monkey’s Paw” story you know? (I still get creeped out by the original!) This giveaway closes on Sunday at midnight! To enter, see below for details. I’ll be giving away more magical & spooky books all weekend. Happy Halloween, you friends & fiends! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To enter: 1. Follow my account (if you’re not already) 2. Like this post 3. Leave a comment with your favorite book or story of “magic unexpectedly gone awry.” Entries are open until Sunday, November 2nd 11:59pm PT. You must be 18 or over to enter. Winners will be notified and contacted for shipping details via DM by @naominovik. PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are only able to ship to the US at this time. We’re very disappointed to not be able to ship to readers overseas; thank you for understanding.
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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🚨Who’s going to Comic Con? ⚔️ I’ll be signing at the Penguin Random Booth ( #3021) Sat, Oct 11 @ 11:45am & Sun, Oct 12 @ 2:30.

Drop by to say ‘hi’, show off your cosplay, 🦸🏽‍♀️🧝🏼‍♂️🧙🏾 & pick up a copy of THE SUMMER WAR if you haven’t already. Can’t wait to see you this weekend!
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Due to a family emergency, I regretfully am forced to cancel tonight's SUMMER WAR release event at the East City Bookshop in Washington DC.
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🚀 This WEDNESDAY! 🚀Join me in Washington DC or online to celebrate the release of SUMMER WAR, with author Ariel Kaplan. East City Bookshop is hosting both a live bookstore event & streaming for virtual attendees.

(The event is free, but required for both online & in-person)
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Hosted by EAST CITY BOOKSHOP. This week! In Washington DC & Online, on Wednesday, September 24, I'm chatting with Ariel Kaplan to celebrate the new release of THE SUMMER WAR. Please note: pre-registration is free but required for both online and in-person attendance.
September 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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🚀 TOMORROW! 🎉 Come celebrate the release of THE SUMMER WAR with me and Peter Brett at Barnes and Noble (82 & Bwy)

Or if you're in DC next week, come out to East City Bookshop - whose event is also available to attend online!

details:
lnk.bio/naominovik

See you tomorrow NYC readers! 💞💓💖💜💚
Summer War release events. September 19 in New York at Barnes and Noble on the upper west side. September 24 in Washington DC at East City Bookshop. This event is also available online for visual attendance. Both live and virtual attendees must register in advance.
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🪄 ⚔️ 🪕 "Celia was twelve years old on the day she cursed her brother. She had two brothers, but she didn’t count Roric....He was a thin sour weasel who glared at her whenever he saw her, and almost not a real son of the house."

🎉 THE SUMMER WAR has arrived! 🚀 Have you already popped yours open?
September 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Signing 108 copies of THE SUMMER WAR ahead of tomorrow's release! Haven't gotten your salty sorceress novella (and even saltier fae prince) yet? Head down to Union Square & pop into the Strand Book Store for your signed copy - starting tomorrow. Hope you love it!
September 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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⏰️ Just two more days! THE SUMMER WAR is out Tuesday, Sept 16🚀

Ask your local bookstore, or find your favorite retailer at: lnk.bio/naominovik

You may already know it's a story about a young witch who unintentionally cursed her brother to a life without love...so here's another little teaser 🤫
The Summer War arrives Tuesday, Sept 16. Addional teaser snippets include: "the livesaving potential of playing the lute," "immortals holding grudges," "wartime enemy diversion by candy," "revenge wedding," and "ride or die siblings."
September 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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🚀 NEXT FRIDAY! (Sept 19 at 7pm) I'll celebrating this week's release of THE SUMMER WAR with Peter Brett!

Come chat with us at B&N about accidental curses, dubious marriage arrangements, & immortals who can hold a grudge....
Can't wait to see you there! 🥰

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
September 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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TODAY! I'm on Reddit doing Ask Me Anything now until 11PM tonight (EST).

Come chat about the Deluxe Edition of DEADLY EDUCATION by @wraithmarked.bsky.social ...or anything else! Join me on Reddit at: www.reddit.com/r/TheScholom...
August 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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🚨 SALE ALERT! Just for today, the SPINNING SILVER ebook is $1.99.
Surviving 🥵 scorching temps this week? Step into the Staryk kingdom❄️, chill in an icy palace 🏰 with an even icier king 🧝‍♀️🥶

🎁 Add to your ebook library or gift a friend! Go to lnk.bio/naominovik and look for your favorite bookseller.
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Are you reading in a dark & chilled room this week? or relaxing by the pool with your fave beach reads?⛱️

You can add Temeraire 🐉 to your ebook library for $1.99 now thru July 14! To snag one for yourself, or to gift a copy to a friend, go to lnk.bio/naominovik and pick your favorite ebook vendor.
July 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Freshly dropped in London! See you tonight at Forbidden Planet London megastore, lovely UK readers 💓

Hanging out here at the beautiful Mount Street Gardens💋
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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🌞🌞🌞 Good morning, UK readers! ⏰In 72 hours, 👉👈I'll be seeing YOU at the London Forbidden Planet 🚀

Drop by to say 'hi'! Chat, pick up the fresh new TPB release of BURIED DEEP if you don't have one yet, and maybe, possibly, I'll tell you a secret about FOLLY🤫

Event details at: lnk.bio/naominovik
June 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Out this week! A paperback re-issue of UPROOTED with a gorgeous re-designed cover, and brand new short story called "The Lake Witch."

Check your favorite bookseller for availability.
June 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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⏰ SEVEN MORE DAYS, you lovely UK readers! until I get to see your gorgeous faces at the London Megastore of Forbidden Planet 🚀

For event details & ticketing, please visit: lnk.bio/naominovik

🥰 Can't wait to see you!
June 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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✈️ Hello, UK readers! In just two weeks, I'll be back in London 🎡 at the Forbidden Planet megastore. Join me at 5pm on 25 June to chat about BURIED DEEP, get your books signed, and maaaaaaaaaybe a very vague update on FOLLY?

Event details & ticketing: lnk.bio/naominovik

I'm so excited to see you! 🥰
June 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Now through June 12th, UPROOTED is available for $1.99 at all US ebook retailers! Visit lnk.bio/naominovik to add to your library, or gift to a friend who might like to walk the Wood. 🌳

"Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley."
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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🚨🚨🚨New pub alert! September release for my new novella SUMMER WAR
May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM