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Originally Posted by keg in kc
it may not be. He hasn't had direct involvement with the show for years. There's been rumors about a falling out, that he didn't like their creative direction.
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I doubt that - seeing that he signed off on (four?) new GOT shows with HBO. He had an extensive conversation with the show-runners at the end of Season 3 where he outlined all major arcs of the series. He had a pretty open interview about everything and said GOT was "as faithful as a TV adaptation could be" and took responsibility for most of the divergences, citing it as fundamental with his failure to finish the story.
I think the show is going to be a lot closer to the end of his work than a lot of people want to believe - but from all indications (even from the man himself) the last three episodes are going to be about as close to the book finish as they can be at this point. GRRM said the only real divergences might come in the secondary characters.
Maybe he will diverge more than what he's saying publicly, maybe one day we'll be able to read and find out, and maybe not. It is what it is. At least we're getting an ending that's attempting to be as faithful as possible.