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Neil Gaiman ( Full name: Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman) is an English author of audio theatre, nonfiction, graphic novels, comic books, novels, short fiction, and films. His works include the comic book series titled The Sandman and the novels Coraline, American Gods, Stardust, and The Graveyard Book.
Neil has won countless awards for his work including Nebula, the Hugo, as well as Bram Stoker awards. He is also a holder of Newbery and Carnegie medals. Neil became the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals in 2008 for the same work, i.e The Graveyard Book.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in 2013 in the British National Book Awards. Later, the book was adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal National Theater based in London, England. The Independent called the play “…theater at its best”.
Neil Gaiman Age
He was born on November 10, 1960, in Portchester, Hampshire, England. Neil is 61 years old.
Neil Gaiman Height
he is a man of above-average stature. Neil stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx 1.8m).
Neil Gaiman Family
He was born to his parents in Portchester, Hampshire, England. Neil’s family is of Polish-Jewish and other Eastern European Jewish origins. His great-grandfather originated from Antwerp, Belgium, and moved to the UK before 1914. He eventually settled in the south of England in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth where he established a chain of grocery stores. Nail’s grandfather changed his original family name from Chaiman to Gaiman. David Bernard Gaiman, Nail’s dad worked in the same chain of stores. His mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman) served as a pharmacist. Nail grew up alongside his two younger sisters named Claire and Lizzy.
Neil Gaiman Amanda Palmer
Currently, he is married to Amanda Palmer, a songwriter, and performer. The couple has an open marriage. They announced their relationship in June 2009. On January 1, 2010, they announced their engagement on Twitter. Amanda hosted a non-legally binding flash mob wedding on November 16, 2010, for Nail’s birthday in New Orleans.
The couple was legally married on January 2, 2011. The wedding was held in the parlour of writers Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon. After marrying Amanda, Neil took her middle name, MacKinnon, as one of his names. The couple welcomed a son in September 2015. Neil has been living near Menomonie, Wisconsin, since 1992.
Neil moved there to be close to the family of his then-wife named Mary McGrath. He has three children with Mary. He has also been a resident in Cambridge, Massachusetts since 2013. Neil took up a five-year appointment in 2014 as a professor in the Arts at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Neil traveled from New Zealand to his holiday home on the Isle of Skye in May 2020, breaking lockdown rules imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. His behavior was described as unacceptable and dangerous by Ross, Skye, and Lochaber MP Ian Blackford. Later, Neil published an apology on his website, stating that he had endangered the local community.
Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology
The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in 2013, in the British National Book Awards. This novel follows an unnamed man who returns to his hometown for a funeral and he remembers events that started forty years earlier. Themes in this novel include the search for self-identity as well as the “disconnect between childhood and adulthood”. Neil announced in September 2016, that he had been working for some years on retellings of Norse mythology. It was released in February 2017. Several of Neil’s novels have been published by artist Robert McGinnis as paperbacks with retro covers.
Neil Gaiman Coraline
The dark fantasy children’s novella titled Coraline was published by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins in 2002. The novel won Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers in 2002, the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2003, as well as.
Neil Gaiman Stardust
His 1999 fantasy novel titled Stardust was published with illustrations by Charles Vess. The novel has a different tone and style from most of Neil’s prose fiction. Stardust is consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, he follows in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees. The novel is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall bordering the magical land of Faerie.
Neil Gaiman American Gods
His 2001 novel titled American Gods is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and different strands of ancient as well as modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. The novel was published by Headline in the United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United States. American Gods gained a positive critical response and it won both the Hugo and Nebula awards in 2002.
Neil Gaiman Neverwhere
The urban fantasy television series titled Neverwhere first aired in 1996 on BBC Two. It is set in a magical realm “London Below”, coexisting with the more familiar London referred to as “London Above”. Neverwhere was devised by Neil and Lenny Henry and directed by Dewi Humphreys. Neil adapted the series into a novel, released in September 1996. Both Neverwhere’s book and series were partially inspired by Gene Wolfe’s novel Free Live Free.
Neil Gaiman The Sandman
His comic book titled The Sandman was published by DC Comics. Its artists include Bryan Talbot, Marc Hempel, Shawn McManus, Jill Thompson, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean.The original series of The Sandman ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996. Starting with issue No. 47, it was placed under DC’s Vertigo imprint. Reprints have been published under DC’s Black Label imprint following Vertigo’s retirement in 2020.
Neil Gaiman Quotes
– “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
– “Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
– “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes…you’re Doing Something.”
– “Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.”
– “I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
– “Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
– “There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.”
– She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
– “Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.”
Neil Gaiman Books
– A Walking Tour of the Shambles
– Adventures in the Dream Trade
– American Gods
– Anansi Boys
– Angels & Visitations
– Art Matters
– Blueberry Girl
– Chu’s Day at the Beach
– Chu’s First Day of School
– Cinnamon
-Coraline
– Crazy Hair
– Day of the Dead
– Don’t Panic
– Fortunately the Milk
– Wolves in the Walls
– Unnatural Creatures
Neil Gaiman Movies And Tv Shows
– 2010 Arthur
– 2011 The Guild
– 2011 The Simpsons
– 2013 Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
– 2015 The Making of a Superhero Musical
– 2016 Neil Gaiman Dream Dangerously
– 2017 The Simpsons
– 2018 The Big Bang Theory
– 2018 Lucifer God (Voice)
– 2019 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman Net Worth
He is an English author of audio theatre, nonfiction, graphic novels, comic books, novels, short fiction, and films. Neil has accumulated an estimated net worth of $5 million
How Old Is Neil Gaiman
Neil is 61 years old. He was born on November 10, 1960, in Portchester, Hampshire, England.
Is Neil Gaiman Married
He is married to Amanda Palmer, a songwriter, and performer. They announced their relationship in June 2009. On January 1, 2010, they announced their engagement on Twitter. The couple was legally married on January 2, 2011. The wedding was held in the parlour of writers Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon.
Who Is Neil Gaiman
Neil is an English author of audio theatre, nonfiction, graphic novels, comic books, novels, short fiction, and films. His works include the comic book series titled The Sandman and the novels Coraline, American Gods, Stardust, and The Graveyard Book.