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Robin Hobb is the second pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 of novelist Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born 1952 in California
California

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) who produces primarily fantasy fiction, although she has published some science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
.

From 1983 to 1992, she wrote exclusively under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm. Fiction under that pseudonym tends to be contemporary fantasy. In 1995, she began use of the pseudonym Robin Hobb for works of epic traditional European Medieval fantasy.






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Robin Hobb is the second pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 of novelist Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born 1952 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
) who produces primarily fantasy fiction, although she has published some science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
.

From 1983 to 1992, she wrote exclusively under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm. Fiction under that pseudonym tends to be contemporary fantasy. In 1995, she began use of the pseudonym Robin Hobb for works of epic traditional European Medieval fantasy. She currently publishes under both names, and she currently lives in Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park....
. As of 2003 she had sold over 1 million copies of her first nine Robin Hobb novels.. She is currently working on a new novel set in the The Realm of the Elderlings, tentitively titled 'Dragon Keeper'

Background


Margaret was born in California in 1952, but was raised in Alaska. After graduating high school she studied at Denver University for a year and then returned to Alaska. After marrying at eighteen she subsequently moved to Kodiak
Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is one of 6 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline....
, an island off the coast of Alaska. It was at this time that she sold her first short story, and began a career writing for children's magazines. Bones for Dulath in AMAZONS! was the first piece of fantasy that she published as Megan Lindholm. The anthology was published by Daw
DAW Books

'DAW Books' is a science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was the 1972 short story collection Spell of the Witch W...
, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and won a World Fantasy Award for Year's Best Anthology. Over the next decade she moved around America, before settling in Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
 and began writing fantasy and science fiction. She has three grown children and a young daughter.

Bibliography


As Megan Lindholm


The Ki and Vandien Quartet
  • Harpy's Flight (1983) ISBN 0-00-711252-1
  • The Windsingers (1984) ISBN 0-00-711253-X
  • The Limbreth Gate (1984) ISBN 0-00-711254-8
  • Luck of the Wheels (1989) ISBN 0-00-711255-6


Tillu and Kerlew
  • The Reindeer People (1988) ISBN 0-00-711422-2
  • Wolf's Brother (1988) ISBN 0-00-711434-6


Other Books
  • Wizard of the Pigeons
    Wizard of the Pigeons

    Wizard of the Pigeons is a 1985 in literature urban fantasy novel set in Seattle, Washington by Megan Lindholm. The book deals delicately with many serious topics such as homelessness, poverty, and mental illness, asking more questions than it answers....
     (1985)
  • Cloven Hooves (1991) ISBN 0-553-29327-3
  • Alien Earth (1992) ISBN 0-553-29749-X
  • The Gypsy (1992) with Steven Brust
    Steven Brust

    Steven Karl Zolt?n Brust is an United States fantasy and science fiction author of Hungary descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede, and also belongs to the Pre-Joycean Fellowship....
     ISBN 0-7653-1192-5


Short stories
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As Robin Hobb


The Realm of the Elderlings
The Realm of the Elderlings

The Realm of the Elderlings is a fantasy world created by Robin Hobb in her book trilogies Robin Hobb#The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb#The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and Robin Hobb#The Tawny Man Trilogy....

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 by turning the populace (primarily the coastal people) into Forged ones; a form of zombification which makes them mindless.

  • Assassin's Apprentice
    Assassin's Apprentice

    Assassin's Apprentice is a book by Robin Hobb, the first in her Farseer Trilogy. It was her first book under this pseudonym, and published in 1995....
     (1995)
  • Royal Assassin
    Royal Assassin

    Royal Assassin is a book by Robin Hobb, the second in her Farseer Trilogy. It was published in 1996....
     (1996)
  • Assassin's Quest
    Assassin's Quest

    Assassin's Quest is a book by Robin Hobb, the third in her Farseer Trilogy. It was published in 1997....
     (1997)


Liveship Traders Trilogy
Liveship Traders Trilogy

The Liveship Traders Trilogy is a trilogy of books by Robin Hobb. The trilogy follows the lives of Bingtown Trader families and the life they lead....
The Liveship Traders Trilogy mainly takes place southwest of The Six Duchies in Bingtown (a colony
Colony

In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies....
 of Jamaillia) and focuses on Liveships (sentient ships). The trilogy is unusually nautical – an area seldom covered in fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 – with the germ of it being apparently the idea of portraying ships whose figureheads are literally alive and sentient. While this trilogy does not follow FitzChivalry Farseer's life, it is linked to both the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies. Hobb is now working on a standalone novel set in the Rain Wilds, tentatively titled "Dragon Keeper".
  • Ship of Magic
    Ship of Magic

    Ship of Magic is a 1998 fantasy novel by Robin Hobb, the first in her Liveship Traders Trilogy....
     (1998)
  • The Mad Ship (1999)
  • Ship of Destiny (2000)


The Tawny Man Trilogy
The Tawny Man continues the life of FitzChivalry Farseer from The Farseer Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's Quest
Assassin's Quest

Assassin's Quest is a book by Robin Hobb, the third in her Farseer Trilogy. It was published in 1997....
, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy. It focuses on The Fool's attempts to guide others to fulfill his prophecies.
  • Fool's Errand
    Fool's Errand (novel)

    Fool's Errand is a book by Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's Quest, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy ; it resumes the story of FitzChivalry Farseer after he has wandered the world and finally settled to a quiet, cottage-dwelling life with his adopt...
     (2002)
  • Golden Fool
    Golden Fool

    The Golden Fool is a book by Robin Hobb, the second in her Tawny Man Trilogy....
     (2003)
  • Fool's Fate
    Fool's Fate

    Fool's Fate is a book by Robin Hobb, the third in her Tawny Man Trilogy. Currently she is writing a book set in the same world, although it will be stand-alone and set in the Rain Wilds with a whole new cast of characters....
     (2003)


Soldier Son Trilogy
Soldier Son Trilogy

The Soldier Son Trilogy is a fantasy novel series by Robin Hobb. 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....
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.
  • Shaman's Crossing
    Shaman's Crossing

    Shaman's Crossing is a book by Robin Hobb, the first in her Soldier Son Trilogy. It is written in first-person narrative from the viewpoint of Nevare Burvelle and follows his life through his first year in the King's Cavalla Academy....
     (2005)
  • Forest Mage
    Forest Mage

    Forest Mage is a 2006 fantasy novel by Robin Hobb, the second in her Soldier Son Trilogy....
     (2006)
  • Renegade's Magic (2007)


Short stories
  • "The Inheritance" (The Realm of the Elderlings
    The Realm of the Elderlings

    The Realm of the Elderlings is a fantasy world created by Robin Hobb in her book trilogies Robin Hobb#The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb#The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and Robin Hobb#The Tawny Man Trilogy....
    ) in Voyager 5: Collector's Edition. Promotional paperback, not for sale. Can be bought as an ebook from Amazon.com.
  • "Homecoming
    Homecoming (short story)

    "Homecoming" is a short story by Robin Hobb, published in the 2003 Legends II anthology. Set in The Realm of the Elderlings, it is written in first person narrative as a series of diary entries by Lady Carillion Carrock, an exiled Places in the Realm of the Elderlings#Jamaillia noble....
    "     (The Realm of the Elderlings
    The Realm of the Elderlings

    The Realm of the Elderlings is a fantasy world created by Robin Hobb in her book trilogies Robin Hobb#The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb#The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and Robin Hobb#The Tawny Man Trilogy....
    ) in Legends II
    Legends II (book)

    Legends II is a collection of short stories by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds....
    , edited by Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg

    Robert Silverberg is a prolific United States author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo Award and Nebula Awards....
    .


Interviews

  • conducted by Annaïg Houesnard for Elbakin.net during "Les Imaginales" 2008.
  • conducted by Rob Bedford for sffworld.com
  • conducted by Patrick for sffworld.com
  • conducted by Jay Tomio for bookspotcentral.com


External links

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  • and reviews at FanLit.net