He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin.

George Raymond Richard 'R.R.' Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Included in it will be her original eight illustrations, along with 28 newly commissioned ones. With his unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way.and in every case the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf's ingenuity - and his reputation as an honest dealer in a universe of rogues.Tuf Voyaging features interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands-hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures. From the multiple award-winning, best-selling author of The Song of Ice and Fire series: Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats.

Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin