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When both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril.

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Robin Hobb
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Berkeley
California
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden
Megan Lindholm
Margaret Astrid Lindholm
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Needs
Really
Peril
Editors
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It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.
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