“Not intending to be funny: I sit at the keyboard, put my fingers on the keys and go. To me, it's the real secret of writing. Put yourself in front of the screen or the blank sheet of paper and get to work.”

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.