George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin: Biography

George R.R. Martin (George Raymond Martin) was born on September 20th, 1948 and is currently 75 years old. George R.R. Martin was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA.

George R.R. Martin is the author of the Wild Cards series which currently consists of 42 novels. The Wild Cards series started in 1986 with the novel Wild Cards. The most recently released novel in the Wild Cards series was Pairing Up which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Wild Cards series.

George R.R. Martin (George Raymond Martin) has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 9 books including A Song for Lya and Songs of Stars and Shadows.

George R.R. Martin was inducted into the Nielsen Bestseller Awards' 21st Century Platinum Hall of Fame.

George R.R. Martin: Awards & Accolades

George R.R. Martin has won multiple awards including: The World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2012, International Thriller Writers Award, Thrillermaster, in 2018 and the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Awards, Imagination in Service to Society, in 2019.

George R.R. Martin has won many awards including:

• Nightflyers (Short Story) won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 1983.
• The Pear-Shaped Man won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, in 1987.
• The Skin Trade won the World Fantasy Award, Novella, in 1989.
• First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
• Blood of the Dragon (in Quartet) won the Hugo Award, Best Novella, in 1997.
• A Dance with Dragons won the Goodreads Awards, Best Fantasy, in 2011.
• Dangerous Women 1 won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2014.
• The Meathouse Man won the Hugo Award, Best Graphic Story/Comic, in 2014.
• A Feast for Crows won the Nielsen Awards, Gold Bestseller, in 2017.

The following novels by George R.R. Martin were also nominated for these awards:

• Dying of the Light: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1978). British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1979).
• Dragons of Light: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1981).
• Fevre Dream: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1983).
• The Armageddon Rag: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1984).
• Portraits of His Children: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1986).
• Wild Cards: Hugo Award, Other Forms (1988).
• The Pear-Shaped Man: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1988).
• Skin Trade: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (1988).
• Blood of the Dragon (in Quartet): World Fantasy Award, Novella (1997).
• A Game of Thrones: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1997).
• The Hedge Knight: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1999).
• A Storm of Swords: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2001).
• Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective: World Fantasy Award, Collection (2004).
• Tuf Voyaging: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2006).
• A Feast for Crows: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2006). Hugo Award, Best Novel (2006).
• Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2010). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2010).
• Hunter's Run: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2011).
• The Mystery Knight: World Fantasy Award, Novella (2011).
• A Dance with Dragons: Goodreads Awards, Favorite Book of 2011 (2011). Hugo Award, Best Novel (2012). British Fantasy Award, Best Novel (2012). World Fantasy Award, Novel (2012). Goodreads Awards, Best of the Best (2018).
• A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Companion Cookbook: Goodreads Awards, Best Food and Cookbooks (2012).
• Rogues: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2015).
• Dangerous Women 1: Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections (2015). Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections (2015).
• Fire and Blood: Goodreads Awards, Best Fantasy (2019).

George R.R. Martin: Lists & Other Mentions

• A Feast for Crows was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2005.
• A Dance with Dragons was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2011.
• Fire and Blood was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2018.

George R.R. Martin: TV/Movies Based on Books

Nightflyers, a novella and series of short stories of the same name, has actually been adapted twice. The first for a movie and then in 2018 for a television series that aired on SyFy. Martin was not directed involved with the series as he had an exclusive contract with HBO at the time. The series was not renewed for a second season.

Of course, the most well known adaptation of Martin's work is the Game of Thrones series based on his Song of Ice and Fire series. The series ran for seven seasons on HBO after premiering in 2011. The series covers all of the books that were written to date in the series before it eventually ran out of material and they had to finish the series without the books as their guide. These later seasons were not as well received and took place after George R.R. Martin had stopped writing on the show.

The series launched the careers of many actors and made others more famous than they had previously been. Key players on the show include Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister).

After the series ended a prequel series called House of the Dragon was developed. It is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and features the beginning of the end of House Targaryen. The show was another hit and it was renewed for a second season shortly after its premiere.

Nighflyers was a film in 1987, based on the 1980 novella. The film had a small budget which lead to many plot elements being cut. Martin was not happy about this, but has said since that he beleives that the film saved his career and directly led to all of his written work that came after.

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George R.R. Martin: Author Insights

The highest rated book by George R.R. Martin on Book Notification is A Storm of Swords, the 3rd novel in the A Song Of Ice and Fire series.

The most read book by George R.R. Martin on Book Notification is A Game of Thrones, the 1st novel in the A Song Of Ice and Fire series.

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Michael K.

2 years ago

George R. R. Martin gets a bad rap. And if I’m being honest, I have contributed to some of the less than savory comments he’s received over the years because of all the Winds of Winter delays.

But that won’t stop me from defending Martin against the naysayers because, at the end of the day, he’s the best fantasy author in the world. Tolkien was the benchmark for fantasy until Martin came along and stole his throne.

He singlehandedly made grimdark cool. I know that authors like Joe Abercrombie and Mark Lawrence get all the credit these days. But they simply built on the foundation Martin created. The only thing Martin is missing to cement his legacy is a conclusion to the ASOIAF series.

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