 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Naomi Novik |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Stand-alone |
| Published | 2018 |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books (US) Macmillan (UK) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 978-1509899012 |
Spinning Silver is a 2018 fantasy novel written by Naomi Novik.[1] Novik originally published a short story called "Spinning Silver" in The Starlit Wood anthology in 2016 and later expanded it into a novel.[2] Spinning Silver won the American Library Association's Alex Award in 2019, the 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and the 2019 Audie Award for Fantasy. Spinning Silver was a 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominee, a 2018 finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and a 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy. The novel is loosely based on the tale of Rumpelstiltskin.
- ^ Sicha, Choire (3 August 2018). "Rumpelstiltskin Redux". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Frannie (July 10, 2018). "Naomi Novik Talks Spinning Silver, Her Rumpelstiltskin-Inspired Novel". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Uprooted is very much about my mother's side of the family, who were Polish Catholics…Spinning Silver is about my father's family, and they were Lithuanian Jews who had to escape persecution—not just from the Nazis, but from their own neighbors.