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Robin Hobb

author of The Farseer and The Liveship Traders

Robin Hobb is the author of two series of fantasy novels set in an Earth-like world. The series are The Farseer, which centres around the northern nation of the Six Duchies and is told in the first person from the point of view of Fitz, a royal bastard, and The Liveship Traders, which focuses on the Vestrit trading family of Bingtown to the south of the Six Duchies.

The books in these series are:

about Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb is a pen name for Margaret Ogden. She has also written books under the name Megan Lindholm (Lindholm is her maiden name). According to the HarperCollins web site, she was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. She lives outside Seattle, Washington, USA and is working on a new series set in the Six Duchies. She has no official web presence, but may be contacted via her publishers.

Megan Lindholm page
Information on the books she has written under the name of Megan Lindholm.

the latest News and Site Information

Those items marked with an asterisk contain details of updates to this site. Those without an asterisk give news about Robin Hobb or her books.

* [ 13 Dec 2000 ] Trader Bay has now got a (slightly) new look and I will update the rest of the content over the next few weeks. Hopefully all the links work, but I haven't had a chance to test them thoroughly. If you find any problems, e-mail me.

* [ 15 May 2000 ] I have updated the publishing details for the Farseer books.

* [ 23 Apr 2000 ] I have a few new links, including one to RateItAll.com, an online rating/polling site. Vote for Robin Hobb if you wish.

* [ 22 Apr 2000 ] I have updated the pages for Ship of Destiny including synopsis and my review of the book.

* [ 22 Apr 2000 ] This site has been added to The Robin Hobb Webring.

* [ 22 Mar 2000 ] I have added a new link to an excellent interview with Robin Hobb at Ottakar's Outland Online which includes Ship of Destiny. See my links page.

[ 3 Mar 2000 ] Ship of Destiny was released in Australia (in some shops at least) yesterday. I assume, but don't know, that it was released in the UK at the same time. If anyone has any info, please let me know. A picture of the cover is included on my Ship of Destiny page.

[ 16 Feb 2000 ] For Robin Hobb's unfortunate Australian fans, the bad news it that the hardcover of Ship of Destiny will not be released in Australia. Those of you (and me) who want it will have to get in early and order it. HarperCollins will be shipping some in to fill private orders.

[ 16 Feb 2000 ] Update on Robin Hobb's visit to the UK. She will be there from 29 Feb to 11 March. Full tour details are available at Willem Timmer's page.

* [ 9 Dec 1999 ] I have added chapter summaries for half of Royal Assassin.

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All the news on Robin Hobb since this site was created.

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