Robin Hobb
American fiction writer (pseudonym) · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction.
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As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which comprise the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies, the Rain Wild Chronicles, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy. Lindholm's writing includes the urban fantasy novel Wizard of the Pigeons and science fiction short stories, among other works. As of 2018, her fiction has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 4 million copies.
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Brandon SandersonBoth received Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel
Clive BarkerBoth received World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
Jack WilliamsonBoth received World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
Mariana EnriquezBoth received Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel
Roald DahlBoth received World Fantasy Award for Life AchievementDiana Wynne JonesBoth received World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement