George R.R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, television writer, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Bayonne
- Educated at
- Northwestern UniversityMarist High SchoolMedill School of Journalism
- Awards
- 🏆 Hugo Award for Best Novella🏆 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel🏆 Nebula Award for Best Novelette🏆 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
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Trending topics shown first"The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that."
"I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave."
"I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart wa…"
"How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" Jaime reached for the flagon to refill his cup. "So many vows...they make you swear and swear. Defend the k…"
"Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love."
"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every ma…"
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1948
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Birth2019
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