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  ===Creation and overview===
  In 1981, Martin was collaborating with Lisa Tuttle on a trio of novellas that would be published as the novel ''Windhaven'':
  Tyrion is a prominent point of view character in the novels, and both David Orr of ''The New York Times'' and Lev Grossman of ''Time'' called him one of Martin's "finest creations." Noting the character to be one of Martin's most popular, Dana Jennings of ''The New York Times'' called Tyrion "a bitter but brilliant dwarf whose humor, swagger and utter humanity make him the (often drunken) star of the series". Thomas M. Wagner wrote in 2001 that the character "may very well be the strongest antihero in all of contemporary fantasy". Dan Kois of ''The New York Times'' also noted in 2012 that "for fans of the novels, Tyrion is among the most beloved among the scores of kings, warriors, wenches, slaves, queens and monsters that populate George R. R. Martin's world". Martin said, "My readers identify with the outcast, with the underdog, with the person who's struggling rather than the golden boy".
  Martin himself has singled out Tyrion as his favorite character in the series. Asked why, Martin said in a 2000 interview:
  Tyrion appears first in ''A Game of Thrones'' (1996), and then in ''A Clash of Kings'' (1998) and ''A Storm of Swords'' (2000). He is one of a handful of "sorely missed" major characters that do not appear in 2005's ''A Feast for Crows'', but on his website in 2006 Martin released a sample chapter featuring Tyrion from his next novel ''A Dance with Dragons''. In advance of the publication of ''A Dance with Dragons'' in 2011, Martin confirmed Tyrion's presence in the novel and called him one of "the characters people have been waiting for". Grossman concurred, writing of ''A Dance with Dragons'', "Now the camera has swung back to the main characters: Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister." James Poniewozik of ''Time'' added that the return of these "favorite characters" gave ''A Dance with Dragons'' a "narrative edge" over ''A Feast for Crows''. In April 2012, Martin read a Tyrion chapter from his forthcoming ''The Winds of Winter'' at Eastercon; a second Tyrion chapter was read at Worldcon in August 2013 and later released in the official ''A World of Ice and Fire'' iOS application on March 20, 2014.
  In 2013, Bantam Books published ''The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister'', an illustrated collection of Tyrion quotes from the novels.