D. B. Weiss
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D.B. Weiss is an American-born author, whose debut novel Lucky Wander Boy was themed around video games and has since been linked with the screen adaptations of various sci-fi and fantasy stories. He has expressed an interest in writing for video games.
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[edit] Biography
Born and raised in Chicago, a graduate of Wesleyan University, he earned a Masters of Philosophy in Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. [1]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
Weiss has apparently finished a second novel that he described as 'needing a second draft'. [2]
[edit] Screenwriting
Weiss was hired to rewrite the screenplay for a film adaptation of Bungie's game series Halo, based on the $1 million dollar script written by Alex Garland [3] He also penned a script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game. [4]
Weiss is currently working with David Benioff the writer of Troy on the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. [5]
