“But change proves that you are still alive. Change often measures our tolerance for folk different from ourselves. Can we accept their languages, their customs, their garments, and their foods into our own lives? If we can, then we form bonds, bonds that make wars less likely. If we cannot, if we believe that we must do things as we have always done them, then we must either fight to remain as we are, or die”

American speculative fiction writer

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, known by the pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, including the Farseer, Liveship Traders, Tawny Man, Rain Wild Chronicles, and Fitz and the Fool series. Writing as Megan Lindholm, she has also published urban fantasy and science fiction, including Wizard of the Pigeons and short stories. By 2018, her fiction had been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 4 million copies.