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Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, U.S. -
First of many letters
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Martin won comic fandom's Alley Award for Best Fan Fiction for his prose superhero story "Powerman vs. The Blue Barrier".
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Martin earned a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude;
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His first sale was "The Hero", sold to Galaxy magazine and published in its February 1971 issue.
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Martin was an English and journalism instructor at Clarke university, and he became Writer In Residence at the college from 1978 to 1979.
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While he enjoyed teaching, the sudden death of friend and fellow author made Martin re-evaluate his own life, and he eventually decided to try to become a full-time writer. He and his wife moved to Santa Fe.
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The first book of "A song of Ice and Fire" appeared -
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HBO began airing the fantasy series on their US premium cable channel on April 17, 2011. Titled Game of Thrones, it ran weekly for ten episodes, each approximately an hour long. -
Two more books are expected to complete the series:
The Winds of Winter and the final volume A Dream of Spring.