George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.. A Song of Ice and Fire is a complex epic fantasy with multi-layered world-building.. This page is about the series. For other uses, see: A Song of Ice and Fire (disambiguation) A Song of Ice and Fire[1] is an award-winning series of bestselling books of epic fantasy novels by American author and scriptwriter George R.R. Martin. The series currently comprises five published novels with two more anticipated to bring the series to a conclusion. The fifth book, A Dance with.
George R.R. Martin is the globally bestselling author of many fine novels, including A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons, which together make up the series A Song of Ice and Fire, on which HBO based the world's most-watched television series, Game of Thrones.. A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin.Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996.Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes.