A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels and it is by an American.
A Dance with Dragons is the fifth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin . A Song of Ice and Fire . The fifth and most recent volume of the series published in 2011 , A Dance with Dragons , took Martin five years to write . George R. R. Martin . George Raymond Richard Martin ( born George Raymond Martin ; September 20 , 1948 ) , often referred to as GRRM , is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy , horror , and science fiction genres , screenwriter , and television producer .