Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a creator of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics and drama. He has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work – The Graveyard Book. The L.A. Times has described his multi-million-selling graphic novel series Sandman as ‘the greatest epic in the history of comic books’. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted into major TV series. His most recent novel for adults is The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and his most recent work of non-fiction is Norse Mythology; both were bestsellers.

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