George R.R. Martin has a new update on The Winds of Winter, but it doesn't sound like the next book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series is coming anytime soon. "I have to finish the books. That's the one thing I'm completely in control of,

Martin made a surprise cameo in the TV show Dark Winds, with an apparent dig at his long-delayed new novel, The Winds of Winter. The scene is in the season 3 premiere, and he’s not the only famous face involved.

George R. R. Martin has offered an update on the final Game of Thrones novels he is penning. Following 2011's A Dance with Dragons, the acclaimed author has been working on the sixth series installment,

The last book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance With Dragons, came out in 2011. That's also the year that HBO debuted Game of Thrones, its TV series based on Martin's work.