Will Laurence, the protagonist of her books.) (She confessed that after seeing “Master and Commander” numerous times, she thought Russell Crowe might make a great Capt. Two weeks later she had finished all 20 books in his Aubrey-Maturin series. Novik read the original Patrick O’Brian book. After having a lukewarm reaction to the film version of “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” in 2003, Ms. Novik’s books are heavily influenced by Mr. That blending will generate all kinds of creative possibilities.” “The Temeraire trilogy is the perfect blend of two genres I particularly love: historical war and fantasy. Jackson is equally enthusiastic: “I’m really excited to be working with Naomi and to fully explore the world she’s created,” he said in an e-mail message. Reviewing her first novel, “His Majesty’s Dragon,” in The Washington Post, Rachel Hartigan Shea wrote that the book contained a “generous dollop of intelligent derring-do.” The Times of London called it “Patrick O’Brian crossed with Anne McCaffrey: historic, seafaring adventure, with dragons.” “If you wanted to make a dragon movie, I would be incredibly excited about it, just for that. “I’m a big geek and a fangirl,” she said, referring to her penchant for fantasy fiction. Even my parents were saying, ‘Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the man who did ‘Lord of the Rings’ bought your books?’ ” Novik, surrounded by bookshelves crammed with “Star Wars” figurines and vintage toys that bring to mind the apartment of the lead character in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” “Before we ever sent the books to Hollywood, really, I was talking, we were joking with friends. “I fantasized about Peter Jackson,” said Ms.
Novik, a petite, pale and bookish-looking 33-year-old, said she had always hoped her novels would catch Mr. Sitting in the living room of the tidy Upper East Side apartment she shares with her husband, Charles Ardai, Ms. Tolkien among them - whose novels could receive the extravagant high-tech, big-budget Jackson treatment. The deal has completed her ascent from a computer programmer to a virtually unknown writer to a newly minted member of a select group of authors - J. Novik has just sold the film rights to all three of her books to Peter Jackson, the director of such blockbusters as “King Kong” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Now she has a dramatic tale of her own: Geek Girl Makes Good. Naomi Novik has written three fantasy novels chronicling the Napoleon-era adventures of a swashbuckling ship captain and a heroic dragon named Temeraire who fight to rescue Britain from a French invasion.
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