In part one of her interview with David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, co-creators of the immensely popular “Game of Thrones” television series, Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about why they wanted to create the series, what they think of criticism about its violence, how they work together, and how they’ve dealt with the fear of the unknown on such a complex project.

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Originally Aired: 11/4/2016

The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2016 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.