Neil Gaiman
Author of Good Omens
About the Author
Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic show more endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award. He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman/Chris Riddell 3-Book Box Set: Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk (2013) 372 copies
The Quotable Sandman: Memorable Lines from the Acclaimed Series (Sandman (Graphic Novels)) (2000) 335 copies
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire [Graphic Novel] (2017) 181 copies
I, Cthulhu, or, What’s a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S,… (1986) 50 copies
Manuscript Found in a Milk Bottle 35 copies
Blood Monster 34 copies
Feeders & Eaters & Other Stories 33 copies
An Honest Answer & Other Stories 32 copies
Marvel 1602 #1 - In Which We are Introduced to Some of Our Featured Players (2003) — Author — 29 copies
The Case of Death and Honey 28 copies
Sculpture Stories 27 copies
The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury 24 copies
The Sandman Vol. 4: Season Of Mists 20 copies
Marvel 1602 #3 - In Which There Is Much to Be Learned and the Queen Is Given a Gift (2003) — Author — 20 copies
Marvel 1602 #4 - In Which Much is Explained and Things Do Not Always Work Out for the Best (2003) — Author — 17 copies
Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volumes 1 and 2) (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies
Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book One 17 copies
Marvel 1602 #7 - In Which Many Patterns May Be Discerned, By Those with Eyes to See Them (2003) — Author — 16 copies
Books Have Sexes 15 copies
The Witch's Headstone 11 copies
Neil Gaiman Live At the Aladdin: The Last Angel Tour, October 24, 2000 (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund) (2001) 9 copies
Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book Two 9 copies
Down to a Sunless Sea 9 copies
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire [Short Story] (2004) 8 copies
[unidentified works] 8 copies
Sandman: Prelúdio 2 7 copies
Cold Colors 7 copies
Feminine Endings 7 copies
Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham #3 — Author — 6 copies
Sandman: il signore dei sogni 6 copies
Angela #1 6 copies
Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham #2 — Author — 6 copies
Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville,… (2002) 6 copies
Harlequin Valentine [short story] 6 copies
The Sweeper of Dreams 5 copies
And Weep Like Alexander 5 copies
Sandman: Usvien aika 1 ; piirrostyö Kelley Jones ... [et al.] ; [suomentanut Jukka Heiskanen] ; [tekstannut Jussi… (1995) 5 copies
The Thing About Cassandra 5 copies
Blood Bank 4 copies
Young Readers' Collection (Odd and the Frost Giants ∙ Coraline ∙ The Graveyard Book ∙ Fortunately ∙ the Milk) (2014) 4 copies
Orange 4 copies
The White Road 4 copies
Bay Wolf 3 copies
Sandman Distant Mirrors 3 copies
Coraline, The Red Thread Edition 3 copies
Signal to Noise Radio Adaptation (Signal To Noise) — Original author — 3 copies
Angela #3 3 copies
Making a Chair 2 copies
William - The Antichrist 2 copies
Miracleman #24 2 copies
Vampiri! 2 copies
Words of Fire 2 copies
Portfolio of Stories 2 copies
House 2 copies
The Mushroom Hunters 2 copies
Amazing Fantasy (2022) #1000 2 copies
Sandman: Báje & Odlesky 2 2 copies
The Sea Change 2 copies
Nikdekoľvek 2 copies
Eternals Sketchbook 01 2 copies
Miracleman (2022) #0 2 copies
[No title] 1 copy
Good Omens Celestial Edition 1 copy
The Dreaming Vol. 1 No. 32 1 copy
The Dreaming Vol. 1 No. 29 1 copy
The Sandman Vol. 1 No. 67 1 copy
Questa non è la mia faccia 1 copy
The Sandman Vol. 1 No. 49 1 copy
The Sandman Vol. 1 No. 12 1 copy
Sandman Vol. 1 No. 7 1 copy
L'oceà al final del camí 1 copy
100 Bullets 7 1 copy
100 Bullets 6 1 copy
100 Bullets 5 1 copy
100 Bullets 4 1 copy
100 Bullets 3 1 copy
100 Bullets 2 1 copy
100 Bullets 1 1 copy
Sandman 10 1 copy
100 Bullets 9 1 copy
Sandman 7 1 copy
Sandman 6 1 copy
Sandman 5 1 copy
Sandman 2 1 copy
Stwory nocy i inne historie 1 copy
Északi mitológia III. 1 copy
Északi Mitológia II. kötet 1 copy
100 Bullets 8 1 copy
100 Bullets 10 1 copy
Sandman universe 1 copy
Ultimate Spider-Man, The 1 copy
Скандинавська міфологія 1 copy
На щастя, молоко 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 10 1 copy
100 Bullets 11 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 9 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 8 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 7 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 6 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 5 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 4 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 3 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 2 1 copy
Transmetropolitan 1 1 copy
Morte 1 copy
Biblioteca Sandman vol. 06: Fábulas y reflejos (Biblioteca Sandman (O.C.)) (Spanish Edition) (2021) 1 copy
Sendmen skaske promišljanja 1 copy
Before You Read This 1 copy
TORI AMOS PLUGGED 1 copy
A Really Useful Book 1 copy
Webs 1 copy
Virus [short story] 1 copy
Spawn #26 1 copy
Kunst ist wichtig 1 copy
Sandman, Band 3 - Traumland 1 copy
1602, parte dois 1 copy
The Dreaming #48 1 copy
The Story of a Writer 1 copy
Coraline Preview 1 copy
The Dreaming #53 1 copy
The Dreaming #52 1 copy
The Dreaming #51 1 copy
The Dreaming #50 1 copy
The Dreaming #47 1 copy
Two minutes to run 1 copy
The Dreaming #46 1 copy
The Dreaming #43 1 copy
The Dreaming #42 1 copy
The Dreaming #41 1 copy
The Dreaming #40 1 copy
The Dreaming #38 1 copy
The Dreaming #37 1 copy
The Dreaming #36 1 copy
The Dreaming #34 1 copy
100 Words 1 copy
Judge Hershey: Sweet Justice 1 copy
Villains 1 copy
The Hidden Chamber 1 copy
Tales in the Sand 1 copy
Interworld | Silver Dream 1 copy
Calendar of Tales 1 copy
The [Backspace] Merchants 1 copy
Why Can't Reindeer Fly? 1 copy
The Wheel 1 copy
Windows #21 1 copy
The Dreaming #35 1 copy
The Dreaming #33 1 copy
The Song of the Song [poem] 1 copy
The Sandman: Restless Nights 1 copy
Eight Rules of Writing 1 copy
Rhyme Maidens 1 copy
Comics 1 copy
American Lion 1 copy
Jerusalem {short story} 1 copy
The Dreaming #32 1 copy
The Dreaming #30 1 copy
The Dreaming #29 1 copy
The Dreaming #28 1 copy
The Dreaming #27 1 copy
The Dreaming #26 1 copy
The Dreaming #25 1 copy
The Dreaming #24 1 copy
The Dreaming #23 1 copy
The Mapmaker 1 copy
The 13 Clocks 1 copy
Vampire Sestina 1 copy
All books have genders 1 copy
Sandman - Il signore dei sogni 11 — Author — 1 copy
Bloody Sunrise 1 copy
The Sandman (book 1) 1 copy
Sandman. Preludia i nokturny 1 copy
Wordsworth 1 copy
Mitos nórdicos nº 02/03 1 copy
Las benévolas 1 copy
El fin de los mundos 1 copy
Forunately The Milk 1 copy
The Sandman universe 1 copy
Batman - Herança Maldita 1 copy
Coração de Arlequim 1 copy
American Gods : shadows 1 copy
Hero Comics #01 1 copy
From Homogenous to Honey 1 copy
A Case of Death and Honey 1 copy
Nevermore 1 copy
How to Read Gene Wolfe 1 copy
Sandman TP Vol 06 Fables And Reflections (Sandman Collected Library) by Various, (2006) Paperback 1 copy
Norse Mythology 1 copy
Miracleman No. 1 1 copy
Miracleman No. 0 1 copy
Піратське рагу 1 copy
Associated Works
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts (1979) — Foreword, some editions — 4,149 copies
The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death (1995) — Introduction, some editions — 1,475 copies
Viriconium: "The Pastel City", "A Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" (1988) — Introduction, some editions — 1,173 copies
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (2010) — Contributor — 989 copies
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (2003) — Contributor — 771 copies
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel… (2005) — Contributor — 661 copies
The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown (2017) — Foreword — 404 copies
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction (1998) — Contributor — 356 copies
Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion (2007) — Contributor — 305 copies
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Contributor — 272 copies
9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember (2002) — Contributor — 250 copies
The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories (1997) — Introduction, some editions — 220 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection (1993) — Contributor; Contributor — 209 copies
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 187 copies
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Preface — 186 copies
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contributor — 138 copies
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (2009) — Contributor — 132 copies
Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 127 copies
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contributor — 95 copies
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction (2018) — Cover artist — 88 copies
Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane (2012) — Contributor — 86 copies
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set on the Scariest Night of the Year! (2018) — Contributor — 65 copies
Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vol. 4: Under the Bamboozle Bush (2018) — Foreword — 55 copies
2001: An Odyssey in Words: Celebrating the Centenary of Arthur C. Clarke's Birth (2018) — Contributor — 54 copies
Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (2018) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories: Twisted Tales Not to Be Read at Night! (2019) — Contributor — 45 copies
Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night: 10 Scary Stories to Give You Nightmares! (2019) — Contributor — 32 copies
Love, Fishie 32 copies
Third Eye — Narrator, some editions — 26 copies
Smoke and Mirrors: Screenplays, Teleplays, Stage Plays, Comic Scripts & Treatments (2014) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
Myth, Symbol and Meaning in Mary Poppins: The Governess as Provocateur (2006) — Foreword — 17 copies
The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer (1997) — Introduction, some editions — 17 copies
Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vols. 3 & 4: Evidence to the Contrary and Under the Bamboozle Bush (2018) — Foreword — 14 copies
Monolith 003 : Almanah Znanstveno-fantasticne Knjizevnosti (Monolith, No. 003) (2000) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Witches of Lublin - Collectors Edition (includes The Devil's Brides Music) (2011) — Narrator — 2 copies
Abarat and Other Fantasy Tales for Teens: Abarat, City of the Beasts, Coraline (2002) — some editions — 2 copies
Evolution @ Intersection — Contributor — 2 copies
The Paulandstormonomicon — Illustrator — 2 copies
The World Fantasy Convention 2011: Sailing the Seas of the Imagination — Contributor — 1 copy
Guest of Honor: Harlan Ellison — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Gaiman, Neil Richard MacKinnon
- Birthdate
- 1960-11-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
USA - Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Portchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, UK
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Occupations
- journalist
writer
graphic novelist
screenwriter
poet - Relationships
- Palmer, Amanda (former spouse)
Gaiman, Maddy (daughter)
Fagin, Helen (cousin) - Organizations
- Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Pre-Joycean Fellowship - Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1994)
Eisner Award (1991)
Eisner Award (1992)
Eisner Award (1993)
Eisner Award (1994)
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award (2007) (show all 16)
Jim Henson Honors Award (2007)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (2008)
Squiddy Award (1990)
Squiddy Award (1991)
Squiddy Award (1992)
Squiddy Award (1993)
Squiddy Award (1994)
American Library Association ( [2010])
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (2020)
Rhysling Award (Best Long Poem, 2018) - Agent
- Merrilee Heifetz (Literary)
Jon Levin (Film)
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Discussions
Neil Gaiman Titles Published by The Easton Press in Easton Press Collectors (April 12)
The Graveyard Book Ending in Book talk (April 2)
OT - Signed limited edition Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman in Folio Society Devotees (February 17)
Annotated Sandman: Neil Gaiman (New) in Easton Press Collectors (January 2)
Lyra's Press Announces "Coraline" in Fine Press Forum (November 2023)
OT: Looking for Lyra’s Press Stardust in Fine Press Forum (July 2023)
OT - Lyra's Books LE announcement in Folio Society Devotees (September 2022)
New Release: Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman in Folio Society Devotees (September 2022)
THE DEEP ONES: "Feeders and Eaters" by Neil Gaiman in The Weird Tradition (September 2021)
Gaiman's steal on Cabell in The Rabble Discuss Cabell: James Branch Cabell &c (July 2021)
Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 14-18 in The Green Dragon (January 2020)
Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 9-12 in The Green Dragon (January 2020)
Neil Gaiman's in Other People's Libraries (August 2019)
Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 1-4 in The Green Dragon (November 2017)
Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 5-8 in The Green Dragon (November 2017)
Book Discussion: American Gods Chapters 19 - 20 in The Green Dragon (November 2017)
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes in Sandman (July 2017)
THE DEEP ONES: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman in The Weird Tradition (March 2017)
Graveyard Book from Neil Gaiman---best suited for?? in Children's Fiction (January 2016)
American Gods - Neil Gaiman in World Reading Circle (May 2014)
American Gods: Why is Shadow not alive? in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
American Gods: Women warriors in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
American Gods: Settings in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
American Gods: Gods in disguise in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
American Gods: First impressions in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
The Sandman Volume 10: The Wake in Sandman (December 2013)
The Sandman Vol 2: The Doll's House in Sandman (October 2013)
Chat about... The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman in The SF&F Book Chat (August 2013)
Recent Short Stories by DWJ in Diana Wynne Jones Fans (May 2013)
The Sandman Vol 3: Dream Country in Sandman (April 2013)
recent SF: boy meets different versions of himself in sort of alternate universes? in Name that Book (March 2013)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman - Discussion Thread in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (May 2012)
Chat about... Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman in The SF&F Book Chat (May 2012)
Neil Gaiman Pencil Necked weasel in FantasyFans (June 2011)
Book Discussion: Good Omens - SPOILER FREE thread in The Green Dragon (June 2011)
Question re: Gaiman story "Murder Mysteries" (SPOILER WARNING) in FantasyFans (August 2010)
Book Discussion: Good Omens - CONTAINS SPOILERS! in The Green Dragon (July 2010)
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