David J. Peterson
American conlanger, writer, and artist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1981 · age 45
David Joshua Peterson is an American language creator. He came to prominence after creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the television series Game of Thrones. He has subsequently worked on a number of other projects, including the films Dune and Dune: Part Two, for which he created the Chakobsa language.
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He has written a book on language construction entitled The Art of Language Invention.
