George R. R. Martin

Biography George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin), is an American novelist and short story writer, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which HBO later adapted for its dramatic series entitled Game of Thrones.

George was born on September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. As the son of longshoreman Raymond Collins Martin and Margaret Brady Martin.

The family lived in a house on Broadway, belonging to Martin's great-grandmother. In 1953, the family moved to a federal housing project near the Bayonne docks. During Martin's childhood, his world consisted predominantly of the neighborhood between his grade school and his home. (expand....)