page_title: George R. R. Martin
section_title: Blog
hierarchical_section_title: George R. R. Martin / Relationship with fans / Blog
caption_attribution_description: English: George R.R. Martin signing books in a bookstore in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slovenščina: George R.R. Martin med podpisovanjem knjig v ljubljanski knjigarni.
context_page_description: George Raymond Richard Martin, also known as GRRM, is an American novelist and short story writer, screenwriter, and television producer. He wrote the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones.
  In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien", and in 2011, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
context_section_description: Martin actively contributes to his blog, Not a Blog; in April 2018 he moved his blog from Livejournal to his own website.
caption: Martin signing books in a bookstore in Ljubljana, Slovenia (June 2011)
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