George R. R. Martin
American writer and TV producer
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| 2025 | The film 'In the Lost Lands', based on a short story by George R. R. Martin, is set to be produced, with Martin as the writer. |
| 2023 | George R. R. Martin won the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing for his contribution to the video game Elden Ring. |
| 2022 | Martin contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring. |
| 2022 | Martin will serve as an executive producer of the 2022 AMC series Dark Winds based on Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee books. |
| August 21 2022 | The prequel series House of the Dragon premiered on HBO. |
| June 2022 | A sequel series featuring Jon Snow, titled Snow, was reported to be in early development at HBO with Martin confirming his involvement. |
| 2021 | George R. R. Martin signed an overall deal with HBO. |
| 2021 | Martin served as one of the producers of the short film Night of the Cooters based on the eponymous short story by Howard Waldrop. |
| February 2021 | It was reported that George R. R. Martin and Kalinda Vazquez were developing a TV adaptation of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny, which Martin pitched to HBO in 2020. |
| 2020 | Martin fulfilled his duties as the toastmaster of the Hugo Awards, during which he mispronounced several names and later apologized. |
| 2019 | Martin was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts & Entertainment category. |
| 2019 | Opened Beastly Books, a bookstore next to Jean Cocteau Cinema. |
| 2018 | 'Nightflyers', based on a novella and series of short stories by George R. R. Martin, was released with him as the writer and executive producer. |
| 2018 | Martin called several classic novels including The Lord of the Rings, The Great Gatsby, Gone with the Wind, Great Expectations, Lonesome Dove, Catch-22, and Charlotte's Web 'favorites all, towering masterpieces, books that changed my life'. |
| 2018 | George R. R. Martin appeared as himself in the documentary 'Meow Wolf: Origin Story'. |
| November 20 2018 | Fire & Blood, Martin's book on the history of House Targaryen, was released. |
| April 2018 | Martin moved his blog from Livejournal to his own website. |
| April 25 2018 | George R. R. Martin announced the release date of his new book, Fire & Blood, which details the history of House Targaryen. |
| 2017 | Filming for the seventh season of Game of Thrones concluded in February. |
| 2017 | George R. R. Martin confirmed he would serve as an executive producer of the HBO television series adaptation of the 2010 science fantasy novel Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. |
| December 2016 | George R. R. Martin was a key speaker at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, where he provided hints about the next two books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. |
| August 2016 | Martin's 23rd Wild Cards volume, High Stakes, was released by Tor Books. |
| August 2016 | Martin announced that Universal Cable Productions had acquired the rights to adapt the Wild Cards novels into a television series. |
| August 31 2016 | Production for the seventh season of Game of Thrones began. |
| 2015 | George R. R. Martin appeared as himself in the series 'Z Nation'. |
| 2015 | George R. R. Martin appeared as himself in the film 'Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!'. |
| July 2015 | Filming for the sixth season of Game of Thrones began. |
| January 2015 | Martin pledged $2.7 million toward a new art space for Meow Wolf, an arts collective in Santa Fe. |
| 2014 | Martin launched a Prizeo campaign to raise funds for Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary and the Food Depot of Santa Fe, which ultimately raised $502,549. |
| 2014 | George R. R. Martin voiced a character in an episode of 'Robot Chicken'. |
| 2014 | Martin signed the contract for the 22nd volume of the Wild Cards series, Low Ball, which was published by Tor Books. |
| April 8 2014 | HBO ordered the fifth and sixth seasons of Game of Thrones. |
| April 6 2014 | The fourth season of Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO. |
| August 9 2013 | George R. R. Martin officially reopened Santa Fe's Jean Cocteau Cinema and Coffee House, which he had purchased and restored. |
| March 31 2013 | The third season of Game of Thrones premiered on HBO. |
| January 2013 | Martin pledged $2.7 million toward a new art space for Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. |
| 2012 | A Dance with Dragons made the final ballot for several prestigious awards, including the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award, winning the Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel. |
| 2012 | The television series 'Game of Thrones' premiered, based on the works of George R. R. Martin. |
| April 1 2012 | The second season of Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO. |
| 2011 | Martin co-edited 'Down These Strange Streets', a cross-genre anthology blending detective stories with fantasy and science fiction. |
| 2011 | George R. R. Martin was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. |
| August 19 2011 | Martin and Parris McBride held a larger wedding ceremony and reception at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention. |
| July 12 2011 | The fifth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons, was published and became an international bestseller. |
| April 19 2011 | HBO ordered a second season of Game of Thrones just two days after the series premiere. |
| April 17 2011 | The first episode of Game of Thrones, titled 'Winter Is Coming', premiered on HBO and was seen by 2.2 million viewers. |
| February 15 2011 | George R. R. Martin married Parris McBride during a small ceremony at their Santa Fe home. |
| 2010 | Martin co-edited two cross-genre anthologies: 'Warriors' (which won the 2011 Locus Poll Award for Best Original Anthology) and 'Songs of Love and Death'. |
| March 2010 | HBO announced the greenlight of the Game of Thrones series following a four-month deliberation after the pilot was delivered. |
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