Geffen Award recipients

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present). Outside of A Song of Ice and Fire and its related media, Martin helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring (2022).

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

English writer (born 1960)

American television writer and novelist

American fiction writer (1926–2013)

American author (born 1964)

American fantasy writer (born 1975)

Andy Weir is an American novelist. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016. His 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and has also been adapted into a film, released in March 2026.

American fiction writer (pseudonym)

American science fiction writer (born 1969)

American-Canadian science fiction author (b. 1953)

Israeli journalist, author and translator

American writer

Israeli novelist

Israeli translator

science fiction author and an epidemiologist

Israeli writer