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== Short bio ==
 
== Short bio ==
Margaret Astrid Ogden, born in Berkeley, California in 1952, is the American author known as ''Robin Hobb'' or ''[[Megan Lindholm]]''. She grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and has lived also in Denver, Kodiak and Hawaii. She majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado.  She now lives in Tacoma, WA.
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Margaret Astrid Ogden was born on March 5th, 1952 in Berkeley, California. She grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and has lived also in Denver, Kodiak and Hawaii. She majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado.  She now lives in Tacoma, Washington. As an author she is known under her pen names ''Robin Hobb'' and ''[[Megan Lindholm]]''.
  
 
Robin Hobb has been a professional writer for over 30 years: she started her career writing short stories for children's magazines and moved to fantasy and novels about 10 years later.
 
Robin Hobb has been a professional writer for over 30 years: she started her career writing short stories for children's magazines and moved to fantasy and novels about 10 years later.
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* [[The Mad Ship]] (1999)
 
* [[The Mad Ship]] (1999)
 
* [[Ship of Destiny]] (2000)
 
* [[Ship of Destiny]] (2000)
* [[The Inheritance]] (2000)
 
* [[Homecoming]] (2004)
 
  
 
===The Tawny Man trilogy===
 
===The Tawny Man trilogy===
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* [[Forest Mage]] (2006)
 
* [[Forest Mage]] (2006)
 
* [[Renegade Magic]] (2007)
 
* [[Renegade Magic]] (2007)
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===Rain Wild Chronicles===
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* [[Dragon Keeper]] (2009)
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* [[Dragon Haven]] (2010)
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* [[City of Dragons]] (2012)
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* [[Blood of Dragons]] (2013)
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===Realm of the Elderlings prequel===
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* [[The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince]] (2013)
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===Fitz and the Fool===
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* [[Fool's Assassin]] (2014)
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* [[Fool's Quest, the|The Fool's Quest]] (2015)
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* [[Assassin's Fate]] (2017)
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===Short stories===
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* [[The Inheritance]] (2000)
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* [[Homecoming]] (2004)
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* [[Interview with the Fantasy Writer]] (2004)
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* [[Words Like Coins]] (2009)
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* [[Euthanasia]] (2010)
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* [[The Triumph]] (2010)
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* [[Blue Boots]] (2010)
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* [[Cat's Meat]] (2011)
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* [[Her Father's Sword]] (2017)
  
 
===Essays===
 
===Essays===
*[[A Bar and a Quest]] (2001)
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* [[A Bar and a Quest]] (2001)
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* [[Images from Over the Horizon]] (2001)
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* [[Choosing to Believe in Dragons]] (2008)
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* [[Foreword for The Magic of Recluce]] (2011)
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* [[Foreword for Hath No Fury]] (2018)
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==Awards==
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===British Fantasy Society Best Novel Award===
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* 1996 [[Assassin's Apprentice]] (nominated)
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* 1996 [[Royal Assassin]]  (nominated)
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* 1997 [[Assassin's Quest]] (nominated)
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[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/awards/british_fantasy_society.htm List of awards at FantasticFiction], [http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/awards.html The BFS Awards]
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===Dutch Elf Fantasy Award===
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* 2003, winner
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===Endeavour Award===
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* 1999 [[Ship of Magic]] (nominated)
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* 2000 [[The Mad Ship]] (nominated)
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* 2007 [[Forest Mage]] (won)
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[http://www.osfci.org/endeavour/ Endeavour Award site]
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===Geffen Award===
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* 2018 Best translated fantasy book for [[Fool's Quest]]
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===Gemmell Awards===
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* 2018 Legend Award for [[Assassin's Fate]] 
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===Imaginales===
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* 2006 [[Homecoming]] won the Best Short Story Award
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* 2007 [[Shaman's Crossing]] won the Best Foreign Novel Award
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[http://www.imaginales.com/ Imaginales site]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.meganlindholm.com Megan Lindholm - official site]
 
* [http://www.meganlindholm.com Megan Lindholm - official site]
 
* [http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=xover&group=sff.people.robin-hobb Hobb's SFF.net newsgroup]  
 
* [http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=xover&group=sff.people.robin-hobb Hobb's SFF.net newsgroup]  
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* [http://www.sfsite.com/11b/cl140.htm SF Site Review for Cloven Hooves includes a biography]
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* [http://www.harpercollins.com.au/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=AUS_0000612 Bio written by Hobb herself]
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* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/224506/ref%3Ded%5Fec%5Fh%5Fcs%5F1%5F2/026-8263545-9635638 The Trilogy in Fantasy Writing, an essay by Hobb at amazon.co.uk]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Nu4vUZT-7ToC&lpg=PP1&ots=E1GwgoGY_1&dq=0803262396&pg=PA55#v=twopage&q=&f=false Interview in "Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak"]
  
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]

Latest revision as of 09:52, 9 February 2019

Robin Hobb in Finncon 04, photo by Mervi

Short bio

Margaret Astrid Ogden was born on March 5th, 1952 in Berkeley, California. She grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and has lived also in Denver, Kodiak and Hawaii. She majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. She now lives in Tacoma, Washington. As an author she is known under her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm.

Robin Hobb has been a professional writer for over 30 years: she started her career writing short stories for children's magazines and moved to fantasy and novels about 10 years later.

Writings by Robin Hobb

The Farseer trilogy

The Liveship Traders trilogy

The Tawny Man trilogy

The Soldier Son trilogy

Rain Wild Chronicles

Realm of the Elderlings prequel

Fitz and the Fool

Short stories

Essays

Awards

British Fantasy Society Best Novel Award

List of awards at FantasticFiction, The BFS Awards

Dutch Elf Fantasy Award

  • 2003, winner

Endeavour Award

Endeavour Award site

Geffen Award

Gemmell Awards

Imaginales

Imaginales site

Links