David J. Peterson

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David J. Peterson
Peterson in 2019
Born	David Joshua Peterson (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 (age 43) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Education	UC Berkeley (BA) UC San Diego (MA)
Occupation	Language creator
Known for	Creating Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones
Spouses	Erin Peterson ​ (divorced)​ Jessie Peterson ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	1
Website	artoflanguageinvention.com

David Joshua Peterson (born January 20, 1981) 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. He has written a book on language construction entitled The Art of Language Invention.