WRITER

Robin Hobb

1952 - Today

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Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952; née Lindholm), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robin Hobb has received more than 2,129,625 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Robin Hobb is the 1,391st most popular writer (down from 1,289th in 2019), the 1,703rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,621st in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robin Hobb ranks 1,391 out of 7,302. Before her are Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Mahadevi Varma, Rodolphe Töpffer, Don DeLillo, and François de Malherbe. After her are Magda Szabó, Dnyaneshwar, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Pehr Henrik Ling, Fulcher of Chartres, and César Vallejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Robin Hobb ranks 80. Before her are Santillana, Teófilo Stevenson, Diana Gabaldon, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Udo Dirkschneider, and Christine Baranski. After her are Joe Strummer, Nicko McBrain, Ryū Murakami, Bülent Ersoy, Stephen Lang, and Mary McDonnell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robin Hobb ranks 1,703 out of 20,380. Before her are Christine Baranski (1952), Janet Jackson (1966), Elisabeth Shue (1963), Don DeLillo (1936), James Earl Ray (1928), and Roberta Flack (1937). After her are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Cardi B (1992), Abigail Adams (1744), Lisa Ann (1972), and Sonny Bono (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robin Hobb ranks 156. Before her are Thornton Wilder (1897), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Rex Stout (1886), Robert Wilson (1941), Seymour Hersh (1937), and Don DeLillo (1936). After her are Robert Bloch (1917), Virginia Henderson (1897), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Elizabeth George (1949), James Oliver Curwood (1878), and Robert Jordan (1948).

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