George Raymond Richard Martin\u00a0(born\u00a0George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as\u00a0G.R.R.M.,\u00a0is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of\u00a0epic fantasy\u00a0novels\u00a0A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series\u00a0Game of Thrones\u00a0(2011\u20132019) and its prequel series\u00a0House of the Dragon\u00a0(2022\u2013present). He also helped create the\u00a0Wild Cards anthology series and contributed\u00a0to worldbuilding\u00a0for the video game\u00a0Elden Ring\u00a0(2022).<\/p>\n
In 2005,\u00a0Lev Grossman\u00a0of\u00a0Time\u00a0called Martin “the American\u00a0Tolkien,”\u00a0and in 2011, he was included on the annual\u00a0Time\u00a0100\u00a0list of the most influential people in the world. Martin has lived in\u00a0Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a long time, where he helped fund\u00a0Meow Wolf\u00a0and owns the\u00a0Jean Cocteau Cinema. The city commemorates March 29 as George R.\u00a0R. Martin Day.<\/p>\n
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George Raymond Richard Martin\u00a0(born\u00a0George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as\u00a0G.R.R.M.,\u00a0is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of\u00a0epic fantasy\u00a0novels\u00a0A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series\u00a0Game of Thrones\u00a0(2011\u20132019) and its prequel series\u00a0House of the Dragon\u00a0(2022\u2013present). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1994","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n