George R.R. Martin (born 1948) is an American novelist, screenwriter and television producer. His professional writing career started in early 1970s and he has been writing both short stories and novels in science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. At the moment he is best known for his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire which is also adapted for Game of Thrones television series by HBO. Martin is a contributor and editor of Wild Cards series and many anthologies.
He has won several Hugo, Nebula, Locus and other awards and has been granted World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. His works has been translated for numerous languages, including Finnish and Swedish.
Martin lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Parris. As an enthusiastic movie and tv series fan, he purchased, restored and opened his own Jean Cocteau cinema in Santa Fe in 2013.
Novels
Dying of the Light 1977
Windhaven 1981 with Lisa Tuttle
Fevre Dream 1982
The ArmageddonRag 1983
A Game of Thrones 1996
A Clash of Kings 1998
A Stormof Swords 2000
A Feast for Crows 2005
Hunter’s Run 2007 with Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois
A Dance with Dragons 2011
Collections
A Song for Lya and Other Stories 1976
Songs of Stars and Shadows 1977
Sandkings 1981
Songs the Dead Men Sings 1983
Nightflyers 1985
Tuf Voyaging 1986
Portraits of His Children 1987
Quartet 2001
GRRM: A RRetrospective 2003
Novellas
The Ice Dragon 1988
The Skin Trade 1989
The Hedge Knight 1998
The Sworn Sword 2003
Shadow Twin 2005
The Mystery Knight 2010
The Princess and the Queen 2013
The Rogue Prince 2014
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