FACT#⃣1⃣0⃣: The writers room has never had more than six members.
In addition to George R.R. Martin and series showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, all three of whom are credited for each episode, the show has used series executive story editor Bryan Cogman (five episodes), Divergent screenwriter Vanessa Taylor (three episodes) and serious nerd cred writer and producer Jane Espenson (one episode) to flesh out the novels for television. In comparison, True Blood and The Walking Dead, two other television adaptations of popular books with sprawling casts, have had 14 and 20 total writers respectively.
