Winds Of Winter Release Date:  author George R.R. Martin remains hush about when "The Winds of Winter," the sixth installment in the bestselling saga, will be officially published.There are rumors that Martin may complete the much-anticipated book "Winds of Winter" by Feb. 23, 2016.

George R.R Martin says Winds of Winter will be released sometime in early 2016. Martin revealed that the ending of the next "A Song of Ice and Fire" installment will be bittersweet, but he says don't rush him, there is no way he could write it any faster.

"I've been hearing them come up behind me for years, and the question is, How can I make myself write faster? I think, by now, the answer is, I can't," Martin told Northwestern Talk on Wednesday. "I write at the pace I write, and what the show is doing is not going to change what the books are."

"I don't see anyone else ever writing (legally) in that universe," Martin told a fan who asked if other writers could help at a book signing event for "The Expanse," by James S.A. Corey, a pseudonym used by novelists Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.

It is rumored that Martin asked HBO to delay the premiere of "Game of Thrones" season 6.

"Game of Thrones" killed Ned Stark in the very first season. They killed the remaining Stark royalty at Red Wedding. King Joffrey was killed at his own wedding ceremony.

But how could they bring Jon Snow back for season 6 of Game of Thrones?

There is a new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, most likely Alliser Thorne who led the mutiny against Snow.

George R.R. Martin told the audience at the Q&A at the Sasquan science fiction convention in Spokane that "Game of Thrones" and "A Song of Ice and Fire," treat their characters different, according to Geekwire.

"Anything is possible," Martin teased.

The keeper of the watch Jon Snow, portrayed by Kit Harington, was stabbed to death by his brothers on the Night's Watch in the finale of Game of Thrones season 5. Since then all eyes have been on George R. R. Martin, busy writing the "Winds of Winter," next installment of "A Song of Ice and Fire," the book series Game of Thrones is based on.

According to rumors Jon Snow is alive by the sixth season because the character played by Kit Harington, may be alive on the "Winds of Winter" release next year. The sixth installment of the "A Song of Fire and Ice" series is expected to be released in 2016.

Cross Map reported that Kit Harington was seen in Belfast where the "Game of Thrones," fueling speculations that will be back for season 6.