George RR Martin Talks Game Of Thrones

Meet The Master Of Westeros

♦ For everyone missing Game of Thrones, since it won’t be back until later next year, here’s a lengthy video chat with George RR Martin on Game of Thrones from back in 2013 conducted by The Wall Street Journal…

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), often referred to as George R. R. Martin, is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–present). Martin serves as the series’s co-executive producer, and also scripted four episodes of the series.

In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin “the American Tolkien”, and in 2011, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.