George R. R. Martin

In 1970 Martin got a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, likewise from Northwestern.

He began composing very young, offering beast tales to various other area kids for cents, dramatic readings included. Later on he became a comics fan and also enthusiast in senior high school, and began to create fiction for comic fanzines (amateur follower publications). Martin’s very first specialist sale was made in 1970 at age 21: “The Hero,” marketed to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 concern. Other sales complied with.

George R.R. Martin (Free Audiobooks Online) was born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. His dad was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mom was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sis, Darleen Martin Lapinski and also Janet Martin Patten.