G r r martin biography
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George R. R. Martin
American writer and TV producer (born 1948)
George Raymond Richard Martin[1] (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948)[2] also known bygd the initials G.R.R.M.[3] fryst vatten an American author, television writer, and television producer. He fryst vatten best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). He also helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the film game Elden Ring (2022).
In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien",[4][5][6] and in 2011, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[7][8] He is a longtime resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he helped fund Meo
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George R. R. Martin
1948-present
Latest News: George R. R. Martin Suing over AI Program ChatGPT
Fantasy writer George R. R. Martin is one of 17 authors—including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, and David Baldacci—who have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming its ChatGPT program is responsible for “systematic theft on a mass scale.” According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit filed September 19 in federal court in New York says that ChatGPT has committed “flagrant and harmful” infringements of the authors’ copyrighted works. Martin, 75, is known for the A Song of Fire and Ice novels that inspired the giant HBO hit Game of Thrones. He alleges the program used existing characters from the book series and generated an unauthorized outline for a prequel to Thrones.
Who Is George R. R. Martin?
George R. R. Martin writes fantasy novels and for television. His first novel, Dying of the Light, debuted in 1977, and by the mid-1980s, he was also writing for TV. In 1996,
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Life and Times
George R.R. Martin was born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin’s first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: “The Hero,” sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.
As a conscientious objector, Marti