Naomi Novik is the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, and The Golden Enclaves, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the Temeraire series. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. She lives in New York City with her family and six computers.
“A perfect tale . . . This book is about the determination and
quiet competence of women doing remarkable things without knowing
first that they can do them. . . . A big and meaty novel, rich in
both ideas and people, with the vastness of Tolkien and the empathy
and joy in daily life of Le Guin.”—The New York Times Book
Review
“Gorgeous, complex, and magical . . . This is the kind of book that
one might wish to inhabit forever.”—Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
“Cool and clever and . . . dire and wonderful.”—Laini Taylor,
author of Strange the Dreamer
“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, New York
Times bestselling author of The Bear and the
Nightingale
“Masterly . . . Novik addresses weighty questions of power, choice,
prejudice, beauty, and identity with aplomb.”—Library
Journal (starred review)
“Naomi Novik knows how to weave words into magic, and Spinning
Silver enchants the reader from the first page. This
magnificent tale of three courageous young women who find the power
to change their fates will catch you in its spell and linger long
after the last chapter is read.”—Christina Henry, bestselling
author of The Mermaid
“A brilliant reclamation of ‘Rumpelstiltskin,’ digging deep into
that story’s anti-Semitism and pulling up something nourishing from
the roots . . . One of the year’s strongest fantasy novels . . .
I’m in awe of how Novik spins moldy, hateful straw into warm and
glimmering gold.”—Amal El-Mohtar, NPR
“A thoughtful, emotionally complex, absorbing drama.”—Kirkus
Reviews
“Novik has a knack for creating richly layered fantasy worlds with
complex social dynamics, ruthless rulers and epic plot twists; her
poetic narratives often recast magical motifs in unexpected ways. .
. . This one, a stand-alone retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s
‘Rumpelstiltskin,’ includes a feminist exploration of the politics
of money.”—Newsweek
“The Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale has never been as captivating. . .
. Spinning Silver further cements [Novik’s] place as one of the
genre greats.”—Paste
“Deftly woven and highly immersive.”—Tordotcom
“An inventive retelling.”—Bustle
“A stroke of genius . . . Novik’s characters are compelling, and
the moral choices they are faced with are genuinely difficult. . .
. Her tone can move from gently humorous, to sweepingly epic, to
piercingly sad easily, and back again. . . . Even better than
Uprooted.”—Locus
“Spinning Silver follows in the tradition set by Robin McKinley of
fairy-tale worlds populated by fairy-tale characters who feel like
real people, and of princesses with strength and agency. But it
moves the tradition forward.”—Vox
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