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Born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was a longshoreman (a dock worker who loads and unloads boats) and he had 2 sisters.
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A comic entitled 'The Hero' and sold to Galaxy publishing.
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Received his B.S. in Journalism in 1970 from Northwestern University in Illinois. He also graduated "summa cum laude" which means "with highest honour"; a very prestigious award. It usually requires a GPA of around 3.9 or higher.
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Received his M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University.
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Volunteered with AmeriCorps Vista, which is a group focused specifically on fighting poverty
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Directed Chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association.
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Married Gale Burnick.
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Instructed Journalism at Clark College, Iowa.
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Became a member of the SFWA or Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. From 1977 to 1979 he was South-Central Regional Director and from 1996 to 1998 he was Vice President. http://www.sfwa.org/
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Divorced Gale Burnick. They had no children.
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Became an editor for The Twilight Zone at CBS.
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A Game of Thrones published.This is the first book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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Worked with Beauty and the Beast at CBS. He started out as an Executive Story Consultant, but in 1988 moved up to Producer and in 1989 Co-Supervising Producer.
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A Clash of Kings published, book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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Publishes the 3rd book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Storm of Swords.
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The latest installment of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Feast for Crows is published.
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Hopefully the 5th book in this 7book series will be published before 2025. A Dance with Dragons is the next one due, followed by The Winds of Winter and finally A Dream of Spring.
