'Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin Touching Letter To 13-Year-Old Fan (PHOTO)

Author George R.R. Martin penned a touching response to a teen fan who couldn't afford a large enough charitable donation to be written into the author's next book.

Fans around the world have been donating to Martin's crowdfunding charity campaign via Prizeo to benefit the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. Two lucky fans who donated $20,000 or more won the chance to be "killed" in the pages of The Wind of Winter, the sixth in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga.

While13-year-old fan Jack wasn't able to donate such a large sum, he wrote Martin and told him of his dreams of one day being a wolf conservationist. Along with his letter he donated £153 ($260) to Wild Spirit and asked Martin for "a gruesome grizzly death."

George R.R. Martin proved he does have a heart with his response to this letter: https://t.co/IJYpjakvyV pic.twitter.com/tfawbR0Eni

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The boy's letter moved Martin and he responded with the following:

Dear Jack,

Thank you so much for your heartfelt, touching note.

I've heard that you donated all your £153 pocket money savings to my Prizeo fundraiser on behalf of the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. I cannot tell you how much that moved me. It pleases me no end to know that my novels, and the TV series based on them, have inspired readers as young as yourself to rally to the support of these majestic and too often stigmatized animals

Alas, I cannot promise you a grisly death in THE WIND OF WINTER. Those spots have already been filled by some very generous donors, and there's a limit to how many people even I can kill.

However, inspired by your example, my friends at Prizeo and I would love to follow your lead with a $10,000 in your name to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust. That's a wonderful organization that I've heard much about, and they are lucky to count people like you as supporters.

I wish you the best of luck in your future career as a wolf conservationist, and hope that you inspire many others to follow your lead.

Yours,

GRRM

Martin's Prizeo campaign has reached over $470,000 and has only one more day left.

Via Time