Date of Birth: 09.11.1960

Famous English and American science fiction writer, author of graphic novels and popular comics, screenwriter. Winner of numerous awards.

Neil Gaiman was born in Portsmouth (UK). The writer's father worked in a chain of grocery stores, which was founded by the writer's grandfather, his mother worked as a pharmacist. Neil Gaiman learned to read at the age of 4 and has been fond of fantasy literature since childhood. The writer's parents were adherents of the teachings of Dianetics, and his father held a prominent position in the Church of Scientology, which even caused some problems when Gaiman entered school. Gaiman himself, however, did not become a follower of Scientology. After leaving school, the future writer did not go to university, deciding to take up journalism and literature. Initially, these classes did not bring success, and only in the early 80s did his interviews begin to appear. In 1984, Gaiman's first short story "Featherquest" was published, as well as a biography of Duran Duran compiled by him. In 1985, Gaiman entered into his first marriage and had a son. The beginning of Gaiman's work in the comics industry also dates back to this time. Neil's first foray into this field was issue #488 of 2000AD, released in 1986. For several years, Gaiman collaborated on various projects as a guest writer, and released a number of graphic novels. In the late 1980s, his book Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion, about author Douglas Adams and his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was published.

The real success came to Gaiman in 1989, when his comic book The Sandman began to appear, which became very popular and won a number of awards. In 1990, Gaiman's first novel, Good Omens, was published, co-authored with. The novel became a bestseller and Gaiman seriously thought about changing his occupation. Nevertheless, The Sandman series continues to come out, while Gaiman also managed to work for television. In 1992, the writer moved to the United States and lives there until today (2011). In 1996, his first independent novel, The Doorway (Nowhere), was published, based on the script for the TV series of the same name. The book received very favorable reviews and was nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award and Mythopoeic Award. In 1997, Gaiman wrote his first children's book, The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, a graphic novel, followed a little later by Stardust, intended for teenagers and awarded the Mythopoeic Award in 1999.

In 2001, Neil Gaiman's most famous novel, American Gods, appeared in print. The novel has earned recognition from readers and critics and won several prestigious awards, including the Hugo and Nebula awards. Continuing to collaborate with the television and film industry, Gaiman worked on scripts for his own adaptations. Since 2001, he has released several more novels that have become quite popular, although they have not repeated the success of American Gods. He is currently married to singer and actress Amanda Palmer (the wedding took place on January 2, 2011) and has three children from his first marriage. Neil Gaiman lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Neil Gaiman says that when he sent the outline of his book to Terry Pratchett, he called him and offered to buy the idea or write the book together. According to Gaiman, he naturally agreed to co-authorship, since it was tantamount to Raphael suggesting that an unknown artist paint a picture together.

Neil Gaiman in his work does not distinguish between "graphic novel" and "ordinary", often listing illustrators of his books as co-authors.

But no matter how hard Gaiman tries to write a children's novel, his craving for horror is too great. There are sex scenes in Stardust, and the collection of "children's" stories "Smoke and Mirrors" came out so dark that it was even nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.

Writer's Awards

In addition, Neil Gaiman is the recipient of numerous specialized comics industry awards.

Bibliography

Novels
Good Omens (1990) et al. with Terry Pratchett.
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In 1984, he completed his first work, a biography of Duran Duran. At the same time, he worked as a journalist and prepared interviews for various British magazines.

In the late 1980s, his book Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion, about author Douglas Adams and his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was published.

In 1988, the novel “Good Omens” (eng. “Good Omens”) was published, which Gaiman co-wrote with the famous English writer Terry Pratchett.

In 1997, Gaiman wrote the fairy tale novel Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award in 1999. In 2007, the film adaptation of the novel was released - the film directed by Matthew Vaughn "Stardust".

Gaiman has written numerous comics for several publishers. His award-winning series The Sandman follows Morpheus (Morpheus), the anthropomorphic personification of the Dream. The series began in 1987 and ended in 1996: 75 issues of the regular series, specials and a prologue have been collected into 11 volumes and are still in print. In 1996, Gaiman and Ed Kramer wrote The Sandman: Book of Dreams. The work was nominated for a British Fantasy Award and was accompanied by stories and articles from Tori Amos, Clive Barker, Thad Williams and others. Now Neil Gaiman lives in America with his wife and children.

Bibliography

"American Gods" (Eng. American Gods, 2001)

Best of the day

"Star dust"

"Children of Anansi"

Sandman (comic)

"Coraline"

"Zateverie"

"Knight and Lady"

"Smoke and Mirrors" (collection of short stories)

"Fragile Things" (collection of short stories)

"The Case of Forty-Seven Forty"

Collaborations

Good Omens (1990) co-written with Terry Pratchett

British science fiction writer, as well as the creator of comics and scripts. He has received many honorary literary awards and is included in the British Dictionary as one of the ten brightest contemporary postmodernists.

Neil Gaiman - 15 facts about the writer.

1. In 1985, his first story, Featherquest, was published.
2. The first successful experience of the author was the comic "The Sandman" in 1989.
3. Gaiman wrote his first novel in 1990 with Terry Pratchett, Good Omens. Initially Terry offered to buy the idea from Gaiman or co-write it. Young Neil accordingly chose the second option in order to gain invaluable experience from the master.
4. Neil Gaiman has been living in the USA since 2011.
5. "The Door" - the author's first independent novel was published in 1996.
6. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is American Gods.
7. In the Neil piggy bank of the Bram Stoker Award, Locus, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Award, etc.
8. Gaiman wrote scripts for both his own works and a couple of episodes of Doctor Who, Zemeckis's Beowulf, and one episode of Babylon 5.
9. "The Ocean at the End of the Road" the author himself called a biographical work.
10. The writer believes that each book has its own gender. And it does not have to match the gender of the main character.
11. Neil Gaiman is a beekeeper.
12. She also enjoys gardening.
13. Gaiman's favorite food is sushi. And he loves to cook omelets.
14. The writer considers the Philippine monster Mananangal to be the most interesting mythological creature. Based on myths, this creature is a hermaphrodite with a separating upper half of the body. Prefers to suck blood and eat human flesh.
15. His works contain many metaphors, allusions and alliterations.

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Name: Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman
Date of Birth: November 10, 1960
Place of Birth: United Kingdom, Portsmouth

Neil Gaiman - biography

Neil Richard McKinnon Gaiman is a popular English science fiction writer of our time, the creator of a number of comics and other graphic works, and a producer. The future writer was born on November 10, 1960 in the small town of Portsmouth in the family of an entrepreneur and pharmacist. At the age of five, Neil and his family moved to a small settlement in West Sussex, where his father and mother began to study Dianetics. In 1977, Gaiman graduated from high school, but did not want to go to university - he dreamed of becoming a journalist and began to educate himself. Only six years later, his first work was published - an interview with Robert Silverberg. In the same 1984, Gaiman's debut story "The Feather" was published. Soon his other small sketches “Case of forty-seven forty” and “We can give a discount on wholesale” are coming out of print.

In 1985, an aspiring writer became interested in comics. He bought several tutorials and got advice from Alan Moore, who is a professional comic book writer. The first book in this genre was the 488th issue of the comics collection "2000AD", which was released in 1986. Neil became interested in this direction of creativity and improved his skills in this area for several years. Within three years, he created two impressive projects: the graphic novel "Special Cases" and a large-scale journalistic essay dedicated to the life and career of the famous writer Douglas Adams.

In the late eighties, Gaiman decides to create an author's comic book series. He founded his own magazine "Sandman", and in 1989 the first issue of it was published. Gaiman's new project brought him immense popularity. Editions of a talented author diverged in huge circulation. Issue #12 was awarded the prestigious World Fantasy Award in 1991. This was the first time that this award went to the creator of a comic book. The series lasted until 1996 and was awarded many awards. The world-famous television company Warner Brothers bought the film rights to this project and created amazing blockbusters based on Gaiman's comics.

In 1990, the first novel by Neil Gaiman, written in creative tandem with Terry Pratchett, “Good Omens”, comes out of print. This fantastic story about the coming end of the world has received many rave reviews. For almost half a year, this work occupied the top lines of the bestseller list. It was at that moment that Neal began to think about serious writing.

In the early nineties, a talented author is gradually approaching the production and writing activities. While still releasing his comics, he writes several graphic novels, writes TV series scripts, and is working on an English translation of the popular Japanese cartoon Princess Mononoke. Work on television projects inspired Neil to further literary work - he writes an epic in the genre of horror and mysticism "The Doorway" (another name for the novel is "Nowhere"), based on the television series of the same name. This work was highly appreciated by critics and readers - it was nominated three times for prestigious literary awards.

In the late nineties, a talented writer decides to try his hand at children's creativity. He creates the novel The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, followed by one of his most famous works, the philosophical fairy tale Stardust. Although this book was created as a children's book, it cannot even be classified as a teen novel - it contains elements of horror and sex scenes.

In 1992, the popular science fiction writer changes his place of residence. He moves from Britain to America in search of a huge new gothic house. His life in the United States was reflected in his creative work. In 2001, the fourth large-scale work of the prose writer was published, which was a huge success - the novel "American Gods", which tells about the relationship between two "divine forces" - emigrant gods of antiquity and modern American "deities" - the rulers of the Internet, telecommunications, etc. The original fantasy sketch with a deep meaning and a pronounced American flavor was awarded the Bram Stoker and Hugo awards. This novel grew into a whole series, consisting of seven works.

In almost three decades of creativity, the outstanding British science fiction writer has created more than forty novels, short stories and novellas. He took part in many inter-author projects. The most famous of them are “The Dying Earth”, “Babylon 5”, “Sherlock Holmes. Free sequels. Also in Gaiman's writer's piggy bank there are about twenty poems on fairy-tale-fantasy themes. An impressive part of the writer's work falls on children's literature, however, from such works, even adults feel uneasy.

Chilling horror, combined with mysterious mysticism and original fabulousness, is the main genre of books not only for adults, but also for children. The protagonists of many of Neil's works are children and teenagers. They penetrate into parallel worlds, reveal the sinister secrets of demons and spirits, try to save their families and others from terrible metamorphoses.

All of Neil Gaiman's books are very atmospheric. That is why many successful films based on his works were created. His works “Mirror Mask”, “Stardust” hit the screens, the series “Through the Door”, “American Gods”, “Good Omens” and “Anansi Children” were filmed. Based on his most popular children's story "Coraline", an animated film "Coraline in the Land of Nightmares" was made.

This talented author has an incredible number of literary awards - more than ninety. Among them are the Locus, Goodrids, Hugo, SFinks, Portal, Noct, Nebula, Marble Faun, Grand Imagination Award and many others awards. Also, the writer several times became the winner of the results of the year according to the World of Fiction magazine in the nominations Comic of the Year, Most Long-awaited Book, Best Foreign Mystery, Thriller, Urban Fantasy. According to the reader rating, Gaiman's best books are the novels "Stardust", "American Gods", "Through the door", the stories "Coraline", "The Story of the Cemetery", the trilogy "Interworld".

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All books by Neil Gaiman

A series of books - The Best Of. Science fiction, fantasy, mysticism

• Rogues (compilation)

Series of books - Sherlock Holmes. Game continues

• The Incredible Investigations of Sherlock Holmes (compilation)

Series of books - Tales in a new way

• My father ate me, my mother tormented me. Fairy tales in a new way

Series of books - Doctor Who

• Doctor Who. 11 stories (compilation)

Series of books - Intermir

• Intermir
• Intermir. Silver dream

Book Series - Masters of Magical Realism (AST)

• norse gods
• Scary tales. Stories full of horror and horror (compilation)
• Fragile things. Stories and Wonders (compilation)
• Watch out for triggers (compilation)

Book Series - Graphic Novels by Neil Gaiman

• Cemetery history. Book 1
• Cemetery history. Book 2
• How to talk to girls at parties

Book Series - The Worlds of Neil Gaiman

• View from cheap seats (compilation)
• Do not panic! The history of the creation of the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Book Series - Stardust

• star dust

Book Series - Good Omens

• good omens

Book Series - World Bestsellers for Children

• Panda Chu Day
• Panda Chu Day at the Beach
• Panda Chu's first day of school

No series

• american gods
• nowhere
• Ocean at the end of the road
• History of the cemetery
• All New Tales (collection) (compiler)
• Sons of Anansi
• coraline
• Fantastic Creatures (compilation)
• Odd and the Frost Giants
• Create!
• Wolves in the walls
• Smoke and Mirrors (compilation)
• Maiden and spindle
• But milk, fortunately ...
• Truth is a cave in the Black Mountains

English science fiction writer and screenwriter Neil Gaiman, author of numerous graphic novels and comics. Gaiman's most famous works are Stardust, American Gods, Coraline. Many of the writer's works have been filmed. Neil Gaiman is also the recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker and other literary awards.

Biography of Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard McKinnon Gaiman Born November 10, 1960 in the English city of Portsmouth, in a family of Polish origin. The father of the future writer was a businessman, and his mother was a pharmacist. Neil Gaiman is the eldest of three children in the family, he has younger sisters Claire and Lizzie. He learned to read early, as a child his favorite works were Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings. Among other favorite authors of the writer are Ursula le Guin, Edgar Alan Poe, Roger Zelazny, Robert Heinlein, R. Kipling and others.

In 1977, Neil Gaiman graduated from high school and decided to pursue a career in journalism. He translated interviews and wrote book reviews, and Neil's first professional publication was the fantasy story Featherquest, published in 1984 in Imagine Magazine.

That same year, Neil Gaiman wrote his first book: a biography of Duran Duran. The first edition was sold out rather quickly, although the author himself was not too pleased with his work. Soon after, his book Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion was published, an excellent study of writer Douglas Adams and his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 1987, Neil Gaiman decided to end his career as a journalist. He explained this by the fact that British newspapers too often pass off fiction as truth.

Neil Gaiman's writing career

Neil Gaiman became friends with Alan Moore, a writer known for his work in comics. Gaiman also began creating graphic novels for several publishers. One of the most successful works was the series The Sandman, awarded World Fantasy Award.

In 1990, he co-wrote Good Omens with Terry Pratchet, which spent 17 weeks on the bestseller list. In 1996, the novel in the genre of urban fantasy "The Door" was published, which became the author's first "solo" book.

Neil Gaiman's most famous work was American Gods, published in 2001. The book has won several prestigious literary awards, including the Hugo and the Nebula. Later, Neil Gaiman published the novels Coraline, Anansi's Children, and The Graveyard Story. In 2008, in collaboration with Michael Reeves, the book "Interworld" was written.

Many of the author's books are reflected in the cinema. In addition, several times Neil Gaiman worked directly on the scripts. In 2007, the film Stardust was released, based on the writer's novel of the same name. In 2009, the animated film Coraline in the Land of Nightmares was filmed, based on the 2002 book Coraline. In 2011, information appeared about the upcoming film adaptation of the novel American Gods. The film is scheduled for release in 2013.

Neil Gaiman's personal life

Since 1992 the writer lives in the USA. He moved to America to be near his first wife, Mary McGrath. In marriage, the couple had three children - Michael, Holly and Madeleine. Later, the union of the writer and his wife broke up.

Neil Gaiman is currently married to singer and actress Amanda Palmer, lead singer of the Dresden Dolls. In 2015, the couple had a son, Anthony. Neil and Amanda call their marriage “open”, which means the legal opportunity for both spouses to have additional sexual relations with other people.

Bibliography of Neil Gaiman

Novels
"Good Omens" (Good Omens, 1990) co-written with Terry Pratchett
"Behind the door" (Neverwhere, 1996, novelization of own script)
"Stardust" (stardust, 1998)
"American Gods" (American Gods, 2001)
Coraline (Coraline, 2002)
"Children of Anansi" (Anansi Boys, 2005)
Interworld (2008) co-written with Michael Reeves
"The Graveyard Story" (The Graveyard Book, 2008)

Filmography of Neil Gaiman

• Sandman
• History of the cemetery
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Thing About Cassandra
• Good Omens (mini-series, 2019 - ...)
• American Gods (TV series 2017 - ...)
• The Plausible Stories of Neil Gaiman (mini-series 2016)
• Lucifer (TV series 2015 - ...)
• Marvel Knights: Eternals (TV series 2014 - ...)
• Marvel Knights: Eternals (Video 2014)
• A Dream of Flying (2013)
• Neil Gaiman's We Can Get Them for You Wholesale (2013)
• A Calendar of Tales: February Tale (2013)
• A Calendar of Tales: October Tale (2013)
• The Lingerer (2012)
• Nicholas Was (2010)
• 82nd Academy Awards (TV Movie 2010)
• The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
• Statuesque (TV Movie 2009)
• Ten Minute Stories (TV series 2009)
• It Was a Dark and Silly Night (2008)
• Beowulf (2007)
• Stardust (2007)
• Doctor Who (TV series 2005 - ...)
• Mirror Mask (2005)
• A Short Film About John Bolton (2003)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Doorway (mini-series, 1996)
• Babylon 5 (TV series 1994–1998)