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• Was valedictorian of his high-school class.
• As a graduate student, sold his first fiction story (The Hero) to Galaxy Science Fiction magazine.
• After graduate school, was a VISTA volunteer for two years and then taught journalism at Clarke University in Iowa.
• Appeared on the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2011.
• Writes one script per season for the TV series Game of Thrones, which is based on his fantasy-book series A Song of Ice and Fire.
• Collects toy knights and other medieval miniatures.
• Supports the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico.