By the award-winning author of Uprooted, Spinning Silver is a new take on the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin.
Naomi Novik is the acclaimed author of the Temeraire series and the
multiple award-winning Uprooted. She has been nominated for the
Hugo Award and has won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New
Writer, as well as the Locus Award for Best New Writer and the
Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She is also the author of
the graphic novel Will Supervillains Be on the Final?
Fascinated with both history and legends, Novik is a
first-generation American raised on Polish fairy tales and stories
of Baba Yaga. Her own adventures include pillaging degrees in
English literature and computer science from various ivory towers,
designing computer games, and helping to build the Archive of Our
Own for fanfiction and other fanworks. Novik is a co-founder of the
Organization for Transformative Works.
She lives in New York City with husband and Hard Case Crime founder
Charles Ardai and their daughter, Evidence, surrounded by an
excessive number of purring computers.
A book as cool and mysterious as a winter's night, with two
marvelous heroines at its heart. Spinning Silver pits
the cold of endless winter against the fires of duty, love and
sacrifice. I couldn't put it down -- Katherine Arden
Dauntless women, cruel lords and wayward fairies come together in a
beautifully realised world. Brimming over with fairy-tale
magic, SPINNING SILVER proves Naomi Novik to be a master
fantasist at the top of her game -- Zen Cho
Lovely, intricate and strong. A gorgeous read. The sort of
book one reads again and again -- Genevieve Cogman
Enchanting, in every sense of that fine old word. A
charming and inviting story that looks unflinchingly at the
strangling roots of hurt and revenge -- Robin Hobb on
Uprooted
I didn't know how much I wanted to read a book like this until it
was already in my hands. Uprooted has everything I
love about Novik's writing style, with the added bonus of some
old world magic and the flavor of a dark faerie story -- Patrick
Rothfuss on Uprooted
The magic in Uprooted, with its realistic moral dimension,
is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work
the spells. But the book will do that for you -- Ursula K. Le Guin
on Uprooted
Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine, new
takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns.
A delight -- Cassandra Clare on Uprooted
This gorgeous, complex, and magical novel...rises well above
a mere modern re-imagining of classic tales...Novik probes the
edges between the everyday and the extraordinary, balancing moods
of wonder and of inevitability. Her work inspires deep
musings about love, wealth, and commitment, and embodies the best
of the timeless fairy-tale aesthetic...This is the kind of
book that one might wish to inhabit forever -- Publishers
Weekly, Starred Review
A remarkable achievement... Confirms a huge step forward for
Novik -- SFX Magazine, 5 Stars
Novik outdoes herself in Spinning Silver... A fairy tale in
the most epic of ways, but one with a strong, proud and
beautiful heart at the centre of it -- The Bookbag, 5
Stars
Novik has created something that deserves to be a sure fire
hit - a tale that's ancient, contemporary, traditional and yet
forward thinking -- The Bookbag, 5 Stars
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