
Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included.

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords. This is the definitive companion volume to George R.R. and Linda Antonsson, has written a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, featuring the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead up to the events in the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series.Ĭollected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and maps, family trees for the Houses Stark, Lannister and Targaryen, and in-depth explanations of the history and culture of Westeros. At long last, it has arrived with THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE. Martin’s masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introduction.


If the past is prologue, then George R.R. With hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond.
