Who is Robin Hobb

I discovered the works of Robin Hobb by accident while searching the Science Fiction section at Barnes and Noble back in January.  I am a regular in that section of the store, and usually just walk down the shelves looking for something that catches my eye.  "Mad Ship" caught my eye, and then I saw the other series she's written alongside it.  I always try to buy all of the books in a series when I can, so that I can read a story in its entirety without waiting for a new novel to come out.

All three of these trilogies take place in the same fantasy world, but in different geographical regions of it.

The first triology I read was "The Liveship Traders" series.  This is a fascinating world of merchants, magic, and politics involving living ships and dragons mixed in.  The three books in this series are "Ship of Magic", "Mad Ship", and "Ship of Destiny".

I just finished reading the The Farseer series, and am enjoying it just as much as I did "The Liveship Traders" series.  The three books in this series are "Assassin's Apprentice", "Royal Assassin", and "Assassin's Quest".

I've now moved on to the three books of The Tawny Man series, which is a sequel series to The Farseer series.   The three books in this trilogy are "Fool's Errand", "Golden Fool", and "Fool's Fate".  I'm found in book #1 two of the characters did visit a place key to the storyline of the Liveship Trilogy.  Plus it turns out that a character from the Farseer trilogy DID appear in the Liveship trilogy (and the events of that series takes place during the 15 year gap between Farseer and Tawny Man).  I am SO enjoying the series and the new plot twists!!!  I finished reading the series and it was just totally cool how things ended up fitting together.  It ended up being like a 9-book series instead of 3 separate triologies - although you can enjoy each one on its own as well.

I'd definitely recommend any of these books if you like fantasy genre novels.

There is also another series called the Soldier Son Series which I've just gotten the first book of.  I'm waiting for book #2 to be released in Paperback, and book #3 is still coming!  I don't know if these take place in the same world too or not (I hope they do!).