'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers... what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.' The Times
Robin Hobb was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. 'Assassin's Apprentice was her first novel, and was followed with the equally successful 'Royal Assassin.