'Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. As Martin himself explained at the Game of Thrones panel for San Diego Comic Con 2012: Martin has chosen a turtle as his personal sigil, and he is often seen wearing a hat with a turtle pin on it. He was married briefly in the mid-1970s, and has lived with his partner Parris in Santa Fe since 1981. After college he held jobs as a journalist, chess tournament organizer and English teacher at a Christian women's college. In his youth he also became a fan of science fiction and fantasy literature, such as the works of Robert Heinlein, Robert E. He subsequently became involved in the comic book fanzine scene, and attended the very first Comi-Con convention in New York City. He became an avid fan of comic books while in high school: Fantastic Four #20 (November 1963) contains a letter he wrote to the editor. The family followed Roman Catholicism, and at the age of 13 George received the confirmation name 'Richard', hence 'George Raymond Richard Martin' (in later years, when working on the Game of Thrones TV series, George has described himself as a ' lapsed Catholic'). Raymond worked as a longshoreman, and the family lived in a federal housing project near the Bayonne docks. The family was of mixed Irish and Italian heritage. His parents were Raymond Collins Martin and Margaret Brady Martin, who also had two daughters, George's sisters Darleen and Janet. George Raymond Martin was born on 20 September 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. 2.1 Co-executive producer/creative consultant.Martin filmed a cameo appearance in the unscreened pilot of the TV series, as a background Pentoshi merchant wearing a gigantic hat, though this was later cut.

However, he stated in an interview that he would not write an episode for Season 5 in order to finish the next installment of A Song of Ice and Fire. It was originally planned that he would write one episode per season of the show. He has written the scripts for the eighth episode of the first season, the ninth episode of the second season, seventh episode of the third season and the second episode of the fourth season. Martin is credited on the Game of Thrones TV series as a producer and consultant. He wrote the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, on which Game of Thrones is based. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife Parris and several cats. He is popularly known as ' GRRM' to his fans. George Raymond Richard Martin is an American Emmy winning novelist and scriptwriter working in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. Martin handling a prop White Walker ice blade, during filming for Season 1. Martin and Peter Dinklage on the set of Game of Thrones in 2010. Martin with castmembers Ron Donachie, Alfie Allen, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Richard Madden during the filming of the pilot, November 2009. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight:

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