Robert E. Margroff

Robert E. Margroff was an American author best known for co-writing the Kelvin of Rud fantasy series with Piers Anthony, following Kelvin Knight Hackleberry, an ordinary young man on the magical world of Rud who discovers he is destined to fulfill an ancient prophecy tied to a hoard of enchanted dragon's gold. The series follows a classic coming-of-age fantasy structure, sending its unassuming protagonist through escalating quests, political conflict, and sorcery as he works to unite or save his fractured homeland. Margroff's collaboration with Anthony came during a period when Anthony frequently partnered with other writers on work outside his best-known solo fantasy, similar in spirit to his earlier Jason Striker collaboration with Roberto Fuentes, though Kelvin of Rud is set in an original secondary fantasy world rather than the contemporary action-thriller register of that earlier series. The Kelvin of Rud books are noted for a lighter, more overtly comic tone than much of Anthony's other epic fantasy, reflecting the same fondness for wordplay and genre-bending that defines his solo work. Detailed biographical information about Robert E. Margroff independent of this collaboration is limited in the public record.