Megan Lindholm was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. She has been shortlisted for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and wrote a number of successful fantasy novels, including Cloven Hooves, THE WINDSINGER TRILOGY and Wizard of the Pigeons before starting to write as Robin Hobb. Assassin’s Apprentice was Robin Hobb’s first novel, and was followed by the equally successful Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest, which together comprise THE FARSEER TRILOGY. Robin Hobb’s second trilogy, THE LIVESHIP TRADERS (Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, and Ship of Destiny) is set in the same world, while THE TAWNY MAN TRILOGY returns to the characters of THE FARSEER TRILOGY. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.