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About the Author ---------------- George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including those of the accled series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of s, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of s featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire, with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico. John Jude Palencar is an artist and illustrator known throughout the world for his distinctive, ethereal style and unique conceptualization. For more than thirty years he has created book covers and received honors for his contributions to the field of illustration including Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, two Gold Book Awards from Spectrum as well as their “Grand Master Award,” and six Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) including their Lifetime Achievement Award. His paintings have appeared on hundreds of book covers in over thirty countries for such renowned authors as H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, Marion Zimmer Bradley, P. D. James, Octavia Butler, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Stephen King to name a few. He has also created illustrations for Time magazine, Smithsonian magazine, National Geographic magazine, Lucas Arts, Para Pictures, and many others. Besides being an active artist and illustrator, he has served on the juries of several international art competitions, and has exhibited his work at colleges, galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe.