Neil Gaiman biography

Neil Gaiman is one of the top ten living post-modern writers, and is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama.

Neil Gaiman is the co-author, with Terry Pratchett, of Good Omens, a novel about how the world is going to end and how we're all going to die. Good Omens spent 17 consecutive weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list in 1990 and has gone on to become an international bestseller.

Neil Gaiman was the creator/writer of monthly cult DC Comics horror-weird series, Sandman, which won nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including the award for best writer four times, and three Harvey Awards. Sandman #19 took the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to be awarded a literary award.

Neil Gaiman books

• Good Omens (1990)
• Neverwhere (1996)
• Stardust (1997)
• American Gods (2000)
• Coraline (2002)
• Anansi Boys (2005)
• Interworld (2007)
• Odd and the Frost Giants (2008)
• The Graveyard Book (2008)

Neil Gaiman interviews

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times interviewed British fantasy novelist Neil Gaiman on the 29th of December 2008. Read the full LA Times interview - Even for Neil Gaiman, 'The Sandman' is a singular dream

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Fantasy news round-up, July 9, 2010
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Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book wins prestigious Carnegie Medal
Neil Gaiman has won the most sought after prize for children's fiction in the UK, the 2010 CILIP Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book. Having already won the 2009 Newbery Medal, the prestigious US equivalent of the Carnegie, Neil Gaiman is the first author to complete the 'double' by being awarded [...]

Adaptation of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book now looks a distinct possibility
1492 Pictures and South Korean media company CJ Entertainment look set to produce an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's young-adult novel The Graveyard Book. Under the working title of "Graveyard", the adaptation joins the development slate of the two companies, which combined forces in 2009 wi [...]

Holly Black interview (June 2010)
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Neil Gaiman to speak in Stillwater, Minnesota
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Shortlist of 28 drawn up for the Author Blog Awards
Over 15,000 people have nominated more than 500 blogs and microblogs for the Author Blog Awards, with those with most nominations making a shortlist of 28. The public will now be able to vote for their favourite in the categories of published author, unpublished author and microblog. There are ove [...]

Limited Edition Neverwhere Edition
For Neil Gaiman fans this will be some good news. Subterranean Press have just notified us that copies of the “Signed Limited Edition of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere” are “en route to our warehouse.” The edition, which will be limited to 1,000 copies, will be signed by Neil Gaiman, found in a hand-boun [...]

The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt reviewed on Fantasy Book Review
What good is a toy that will wind down? What if you could put a heart in one? A real heart. One that beat and beat and didn't stop. What couldn't you do if you could make a toy like that? From the moment Mathias becomes the owner of a mysterious piece of paper, he is in terrible danger. Entangled in [...]

Fantasy news round-up – January/February 2010
Fantasy authors donate towards the Haiti appeal Harry Potter author JK Rowling donated a full UK edition set of her books, as well as a handwritten card, to Helping Haiti Heal. These rare items join more than 100 special gifts, including a signed book by author Neil Gaiman, five dedicated books [...]