George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin is an American author and screenwriter best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, the epic fantasy series HBO adapted as Game of Thrones and its prequel House of the Dragon. He also wrote the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, now the HBO series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and his first novel, Dying of the Light, set the tone that critics often note in his work. Critics describe his fiction as dark and cynical, with characters who try to stay idealistic in a ruthless world.