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Robin Hobb is a pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952), an American writer. She is best known for the books set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which started in 1995 with the publication of ''Assassin's Apprentice'', the first book in the Farseer trilogy. ==Background== Margaret Astrid Lindholm was born in Berkeley, California, in 1952,〔 but grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska. After graduating from Austin E. Lathrop High School, she studied at Denver University for a year and then returned to Alaska. At eighteen, she married Fred Ogden and they returned to his home town of Kodiak, located at the tip of Kodiak Island in south-central Alaska. At that time she sold her first short story, and began a career writing for children's magazines. Her short fiction for children appeared in magazines such as ''Humpty Dumpty'' and ''Highlights for Children''. She also composed educational material, short works of fiction created to a very specific vocabulary list. These were used in SRA's programmed reading material. In 1980, she was awarded an Alaska State Council of the Arts prize for her short story, "The Poaching". Ogden's reading enjoyment of fantasy and science fiction led her to writing in the speculative fiction genre. She published short stories in fanzines such as ''Space and Time'' (edited by Gordon Linzner) before her first professional fantasy sale. "Bones for Dulath" in ''Amazons!'' was the first piece of fantasy that she published as Megan Lindholm.〔http://www.meganlindholm.com/ Biography〕 The anthology was published by Daw, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and won a World Fantasy Award for Year's Best Anthology. This was the first published tale about her two popular characters, Ki and Vandien. A second story featuring them, "The Small One" was published in Fantastic Stories in 1980, Vol.27, #11. In 1982, she sold her first novel, Harpy's Flight to Terry Windling at Ace Publishing. This was to launch her career as a novelist. As Megan Lindholm, her works have been finalists for both the Nebula and the Hugo awards. Her books have been praised by Orson Scott Card, who has stated that she "arguably set the standard for the modern serious fantasy novel".〔(Beach-Bag Books ).〕 George R.R. Martin has praised her work: "In today's crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb's books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons." She was a Guest of Honour at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, which was held from 14 to 18 August 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robin Hobb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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