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At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005

Robin Hobb is the pen name of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born 1952 in California). She is an author of fantasy fiction. From 1983–1992 she wrote under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm. In 1995, she relaunched her career under the name Robin Hobb, and has since published using that pseudonym. She presently lives in Tacoma, Washington.

She is well known in the fan fiction community for being one of the authors most opposed to the writing of fan fiction, saying that it "is one topic that can make my eyes spin round like pinwheels and steam come out of my ears." However, while she asks that fan-fiction based on her own creations not be published, she does not object to all fan fiction.

Bibliography

As Megan Lindholm

The Ki and Vandien Quartet

Tillu and Kerlew

Other Books

Short stories

As Robin Hobb

The Farseer Trilogy

The Farseer Trilogy follows the life of FitzChivalry Farseer (Fitz), a royal bastard and trained assassin, in a kingdom called The Six Duchies while his uncle, Prince Verity, attempts to wage war on the Red-Ship Raiders from The OutIslands who are attacking the shores of the kingdom.

The Liveship Traders Trilogy

The Liveship Traders Trilogy mainly takes place south of The Six Duchies in Bingtown (a colony of Jamaillia) and focuses on Liveships (sentient ships). The trilogy is unusually nautical — an area seldom covered in fantasy. While this trilogy does not follow FitzChivalry Farseer's life, it is linked to both the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies through The Fool.

The Tawny Man

The Tawny Man continues the life of FitzChivalry Farseer from The Farseer Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's Quest, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy. It focuses on The Fool's attempts to guide others to fulfill his prophecies.

Soldier Son Trilogy

Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son Trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia, and his preparation for and education at the King's Cavalla Academy.

Short stories

Interviews

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