Ryan J. Condal

Ryan J Condal is an American screenwriter and producer He serves as showrunner for the prequel House of the Dragon jointly with Miguel Sapochnik in the first season He has previously been a showrunner for the American science fiction drama series Colony He has also worked on a cancelled fantasy western at the filming of which he met George RR Martin Condal is familiar with A Song of Ice and Fire having discovered the series when A Storm of Swords was published According to Martin Condal originally wanted to create a show about The Tales of Dunk Egg a series that Martin claimed was not ready to be brought to television However Warner Bros Discovery announced in April 2023 that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms then titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms The Hedge Knight had been greenlit and Condal was attached as an executive producer