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A screenwriter and novelist who, with D. B. Weiss, adapted George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire into Game of Thrones, one of the most-watched television series ever made. Before that he wrote 25th Hour, Troy, and The Kite Runner, adapting his own acclaimed novel City of Thieves alongside original screen work across war epics, character drama, and, later, blockbuster action films.