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Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series The Sandman (1989–1996) and the novels Good Omens (1990), Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Graveyard Book (2008) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013). He co-created the TV adaptations of Go…
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‘He should not have been destroyed like that. That was wrong.’“‘It was His will.’“Lucifer stood. ‘Then perhaps His will is unjust. Perhaps the voices in the Darkness speak truly, after all. How can this be right?’“‘It is right. It is His will. I merely performed my function.’“He wiped away the tears with the back of his hand. ‘No,’ he said flatly.
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“‘He should not have been destroyed like that. That was wrong.’“‘It was His will.’“Lucifer stood. ‘Then perhaps His will is unjust. Perhaps the voices in the Darkness speak truly, after all. How can this be right?’“‘It is right. It is His will. I merely performed my function.’“He wiped away the tears with the back of his hand. ‘No,’ he said flatly.”
“moments I half-recognise and moments I don”
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“I think I got about halfway through The Hero with a Thousand Faces and found myself thinking if this is true – I don”
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“with the carrot dangled in front of me that I could direct it. And we”
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“s fascination with Michael Moorcock”
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“that was the final straw, what was left of my resistance crumbled. I proceeded to make regular and frequent visits to London”
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“s religion. About his personal views, Gaiman has stated,”
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The Guardian: US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing Neil Gaiman of sexual assault
The Guardian: Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’
“Reporting referenced in my statement: technopathology.substack.com/p/neil-gaima...”
bleedingcool: Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed On Jurisdictional Grounds
The Guardian: The Sandman season two review – Neil Gaiman’s emo drama is so pretentious it ruins everything
The Guardian: Neil Gaiman asks US court to dismiss lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault
The Guardian: Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman’s former partner, denies claims of human trafficking
The Guardian: DC Comics pull Neil Gaiman title while Amazon Prime series set to go ahead
The Guardian: Neil Gaiman: accuser files civil lawsuit alleging rape, sexual assault and human trafficking
The Guardian: Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman
Los Angeles Times: Neil Gaiman dropped by publisher Dark Horse Comics over sexual assault allegations
The Guardian: Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations
The Guardian: As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism | Catherine Bennett
“Oh, Nuala and Cluracan. We have waited for so long to have you with us 🩷🪷 this is so sureal. After two years of patiently waiting and anxiety whether they will be in it, it feels so good to know that not only they are real but they have been entrusted to great actors 🩵🩷”
“Raising my hand to say yes I am excited!”
“Really didn't like the idea of KHB as Death (just the look) , but gave it a chance when I heard you personally approved. Man was i glad to be wrong wrong wrong, she was AWESOME. Every single bit of S1 casting was perfect, can't wait for S2.”
“I binged it over a couple of nights recently, it's still great. Plus Paterson Joseph is hot AF as the Marquis de Carabas.”
“Sandman Season 2. More casting. Are you excited? I'm excited.”
“I read Bradbury's HOMECOMING on the new Selected Shorts podcast! podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast/c...”
“I trust everyone has been keeping up with these. They always make me smile.”
“The one thing we could use more of is signed book Buy it Nows. US citizen/permanent resident authors, if you have 5-10 books that you can ship out, and don’t mind donating to the cause, fill this out: docs.google.com/form...”
Published video “Blowing up Crowley's Bentley”.
News outlets published sexual assault accusations against Gaiman by numerous women
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“Amazon US are doing a Black Friday deal on The Sandman book 1. 560 pages down from $29.99 to $13.40. Obviously I'd prefer that you bought it from an independent book or comic shop. And obviously I know some of you are on a budget where this could make a difference. https:// amzn.to/3uCiyy9”
“This may answer many questions about Dead Boy Detectives: https://www. netflix.com/tudum/articles/dea d-boy-detectives-cast-netflix “Who amongst us can honestly say that if we were hanging around the Earth as a ghost we wouldn’t want to start a detective agency?””
“I wrote a blog entry about my return to the role of Charles Dickens, for the first time in a decade, at https:// journal.neilgaiman.com/2023/10 /for-two-nights-only-christmas-carol.html NYC's TOWN HALL, Dec 18th and 19th. Tickets go on sale this Friday.”
“Come and see me in Newark on the 3rd of December. It's going to be fun. I will read things and answer questions too. Sun, 12/03/23 @ 3:00PM https://www. njpac.org/event/neil-gaiman/”
“A Ray Bradbury Night in Symphony Space in NYC on November 1st. And I'm so happy to be hosting a night of Bradbury stories. Three amazing readers and me. Come and listen. https://www. symphonyspace.org/events/selec ted-shorts-ray-bradbury-neil-gaiman-2023”
“Maya Gittelman writes an essay about Love and Good Omens at Tor.com https://www. tor.com/2023/10/04/smited-smot e-smitten-a-reading-on-queer-longing-in-good-omens”
“The NYPL "Fate of Frankenstein" exhibition opens tomorrow. I narrated the audio guide. https://www. nypl.org/events/tours/audio-gu ides/treasures-audio-guide-frankenstein”
“Good news. Looking forward to being able to read and vote on the proposed deal. Hope that they now can close an acceptable deal with SAG-AFTRA. https://www. nytimes.com/live/2023/09/24/bu siness/hollywood-writers-strike-news?unlocked_article_code=LgL_T0mRX5_jVSu6uOLO4wC8wpQEwAnET8k6CKDfTjgSDB4CSgJqLO8M-N6zP6LGTVHIcSF7k1NbuyyuIqJMUHKbiJcV6l57YWJAeqNKSywmlCTjDMJZ70HP7NK1YHdJ8EAztPK-2d-o8uhvRbUHgjuUxfLltDXRbCRTbMpqVwmDCzSrGmd1yQYZqxq9qS6OecJDDtISvTrWgTBQui-Lr-0qAbi25t-8FrNghQzm2b4bp6ObhsHdFo0Zuwz_S”
“My old friend (and for almost thirty years my family's doctor) Dan Johnson has a charity he started in memory of his son, Alec, who was drowned in 2014. One of the projects they are supporting is helping a couple who work in Haiti with abandoned children (and aren't part of the Haitian "orphanage industry"). The couple are raising funds to buy the compound they and the children are in, and I'm helping Dan by linking to https:// cultivating-community.org/ Watch the video and share the post...”
“From Tumblr. I might as well post it myself...”
Published video “In which I get to hand press the glorious black and gold Sandman Double LP”.
Released album “Signs of Life”.
Published video “Clock (Words by William Shakespeare, Read by Neil Gaiman, Music by FourPlay StringQuartet)”.
Published video “Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet: In Transit”.
Published video “Good Omens Soho - Aziraphale's Bookshop.”.
Gaiman signed an open letter addressed to Russian president Vladimir Putin, alongside over 100 other public figures, calling for the release of Russian prisoner Alexei Navalny
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Published video “a little Sandman gift from us to you...”.
Published video “Talking Shop, from Masterclass.”.
Published video “MasterClass Talking Shop: Neil Gaiman on J R R Tolkien”.
Published video “Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet: The Wreckers”.
Published video “Unboxing the Glorious new edition of John Crowley's novel Little, Big.”.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gaiman supported Ukraine by announcing on Twitter that he does not want to renew contracts with Russian publishers
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Awarded Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2021).
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Wallner, her ex-husband, and Gaiman signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and Gaiman paid Wallner $275,000
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But confirmed they would divorce in a November 2022 joint statement
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Gaiman was cast as Duke Aubrey in an adaptation of Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist, a novel Gaiman had previously proclaimed one of his favourites (and to which he had contributed a foreword for an edition by Cold Spring
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For the TV miniseries adaptation of Good Omens, for which he wrote the screenplay
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For the web series Doctor Who: Lockdown; he wrote the mini-episode "Rory's Story" which saw Arthur Darvill reprise his role of Rory Williams
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Awarded Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors for Norse Mythology (2017).
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Released album “Norse Mythology”.
“Her words are always with us. Some of them are written on my soul. I miss her as a glorious funny prickly person, & I miss her as the deepest and smartest of the writers, too.”
Awarded Locus Award for Best Collection for Trigger Warning (2016).
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Gaiman, along with several other celebrities, appeared in the video "What They Took With Them", from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to help raise awareness of the issue of global refugees
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Awarded Geffen Award (2015).
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Gaiman delivered a 100-minute lecture for the Long Now Foundation entitled How Stories Last about the nature of storytelling and how stories persist in human culture
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Starz greenlighted a series adaptation of Gaiman's novel American Gods
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2014).
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards
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Gaiman was named by IGN as one of "The Best Tweeters in Comics", describing his posts as "sublime"
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Gaiman was named co-chair of the organization's newly formed advisory board
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for Doctor Who (2012).
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Released ep “Violitionist Sessions”.
Released album “An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer”.
It was announced that Gaiman would be writing the script to a new film version of Journey to the West
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Released album “A Prelude to an Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer”.
Pratchett said that while the entire novel was a collaborative effort and most of the ideas could be credited to both of them, Pratchett did a larger portion of writing and editing if for no other reason than Gaiman's sc
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During Matt Smith's second series as the Doctor
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Awarded Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors for Odd and the Frost Giants (2010).
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Awarded Shirley Jackson Award (2010).
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Won Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book (2010).
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Awarded Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story for Fragile Things (2010).
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“Amanda Palmer Freaks Out With Evelyn Evelyn”
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Graveyard Book (2009).
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Won Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book (2009).
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Gaiman wrote a two-part Batman story for DC Comics to follow Batman R
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for Stardust (2008).
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And the two entered a relationship in 2009, marrying in 2011
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Released a young adult novel, The Graveyard Book
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2007).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Collection for Fragile Things (2007).
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Gaiman announced that after a decade of development, the feature film of Death: The High Cost of Living would finally begin production with a screenplay by Gaiman that he would direct for Warner Independent
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Anansi Boys (2006).
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Awarded August Derleth Award for Anansi Boys (2006).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Sunbird (2006).
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“Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?”
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire (2005).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novella for Coraline (2004).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Closing Time (2004).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for A Study in Emerald (2004).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novella for Coraline (2003).
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Awarded Bob Morane award for best foreign novel for American Gods (2003).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for American Gods (2003).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for October in the Chair (2003).
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To help fund this project and all of Gaiman's profits for the original issues of the series were donated to Marvels and Miracles
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for American Gods (2002).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for American Gods (2002).
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Gaiman entered the world of children's books with the dark fairy tale Coraline
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for American Gods (2001).
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“Ás vezes a vida é difícil. As coisas correm mal. Na vida e no amor e nos negócios e na amizade e na saúde e de todas as outras formas em que a vida pode correr mal. E quando as coisas ficarem difíceis, é isto que devem fazer. Façam boa arte.”
“Cometam erros interessantes, cometam erros incríveis, cometam erros gloriosos e fantásticos. Desobedeçam às regras. Façam o mundo mais interessante por estarem aqui.”
“A única coisa que temos e que mais ninguém tem somos nós próprios. As nossas vozes, a nossa história, a nossa visão. Por isso, escrevam e desenhem e brinquem e dancem e vivam como só vocês conseguem.”
Awarded Julia-Verlanger Award for Neverwhere (1999).
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The first printings of his fantasy novel Stardust were released
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“Where do you get your ideas?”
Gaiman and Kramer co-edited The Sandman: Book of Dreams
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Awarded Yellow Kid Award (1995).
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Awarded Eisner Award for Best Writer (1994).
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Awarded Eisner Award for Best Writer (1993).
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Awarded Adamson Awards for The Sandman (1993).
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Gaiman was contracted by Todd McFarlane to write a single issue of Spawn, for Image Comics, which McFarlane had recently co-founded
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“I Woke Up and One of Us Was Crying”
Awarded Eisner Award for Best Writer (1992).
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Gaiman moved near Menomonie, Wisconsin, in 1992 to be closer to the family of his then-wife, Mary McGrath, with whom he has three children.
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To be closer to the family of his then-wife, Mary McGrath, with whom he has three children
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Awarded Harvey Award for Best Writer (1991).
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Awarded Eisner Award for Best Writer (1991).
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Awarded Inkpot Award (1991).
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Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic, a four-part mini-series that provided a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe through a frame story about an English teenager who discovers that he is destined to
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Was shelved due to editorial concerns but it was finally published in 2000 as Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
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Because British newspapers regularly publish untruths as fact
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Wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran, and co-edited Ghastly Beyond Belief, a book of quotations, with Kim Newman
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Gaiman noticed a copy of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, and read it
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To the West Sussex town of East Grinstead, where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town; one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
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Born 1960-11-10.
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