--- description: George R.R. Martin may not have released a new A Song of Ice and Fire book in over five years, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been writing. title: George R.R. Martin Provides Hope for a Game of Thrones Prequel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb48ad186097a5343/6988a6a42dce015b749eab4e/george-rr-martin-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George R.R. Martin Inspires New Hope for a _Game of Thrones_ Prequel  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 19, 2016 5:11 PM CUT  George R.R. Martin at the 68th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18. George R.R. Martin at the 68th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18.Image Group LA/ABC via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 19, 2016 5:11 PM CUT [George R.R. Martin](http://time.com/4396648/game-of-thrones-gorge-rr-martin-rlj-hint/ "undefined") may not have released a new [_A Song of Ice and Fire_ book](http://time.com/4326121/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-new-chapter/ "undefined") in over five years, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been writing. During an interview at the 2016 Emmys Sunday night, the author — who wrote the novels on which [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4499327/game-of-thrones-cast-2016-emmys/ "undefined") is based — revealed that he has done quite a bit of work on a prequel to the fantasy series. “I do have thousands of pages of fake history of everything that led up to _Game of Thrones_, so there’s a lot of material there and I’m writing more,” he told [Deadline](http://deadline.com/2016/09/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-possible-prequel-1201822475/ "undefined"). However, Martin was also quick to make it clear that completing both the sixth _ASOIAF_ installment, _The Winds of Winter_, and the final two seasons of _GoT_ are his main priorities. “At the moment we still have this show to finish and I still have two books to finish so that’s all speculation,” he said. Read more at [Deadline.com](http://deadline.com/2016/09/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-possible-prequel-1201822475/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4499538/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-prequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4499538/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-prequel/"},"headline":"George R.R. Martin Inspires New Hope for a Game of Thrones Prequel","datePublished":"2016-09-19T17:11:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:43.030Z","description":"The author has \"thousands of pages\"","url":"https://time.com/4499538/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-prequel/","keywords":["Books","Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV","George R.R. Martin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb48ad186097a5343/6988a6a42dce015b749eab4e/george-rr-martin-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb48ad186097a5343/6988a6a42dce015b749eab4e/george-rr-martin-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GEORGE R.R. MARTIN","caption":"George R.R. Martin at the 68th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18.","creditText":"Image Group LA/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4499538/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-prequel/","name":"George R.R. Martin Inspires New Hope for a Game of Thrones Prequel"}}]}] ```