Cyril Abraham Cyril Abraham Cyril Stanley Abraham (22 September 1915 – 30 July 1979), was an English screenwriter best known for creating the popular BBC series "The Onedin Line" (1971–1980), writing the scripts for 22 episodes in addition to five novels based on the series. Born in Liverpool in England, the son of John Abrahams, an oil mill labourer, and Agnes (née Davies), a widow, who married in 1918, as a boy Abraham attended the Liverpool Collegiate School and as a youth on the training ship HMS Conway before going to sea as an apprentice with the Liverpool shipping line Lambert and
The Winds of Winter when it's done". In 2012, Martin had acknowledged his concerns about the final novel, "A Dream of Spring", not being completed by the time the TV series "Game of Thrones" catches up in its storyline to the novels. In January 2014, Martin's UK publisher, Jane Johnson, declared on Twitter that the book would "certainly" not be published before 2015. In September 2014 Johnson stated that the book was "not a 2015 release". In April 2015, Martin commented on his blog that "The Winds of Winter" will not be eligible for the 2016 Hugo Award which is awarded for science fiction