Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman (born November 10, 1960) is an internationally celebrated English author, graphic novelist, screenwriter, and former journalist whose dark, deeply imaginative mythologies have established him as a defining titan of modern speculative fiction, dark fantasy, and children's literature. Born in Portchester, Hampshire, he began his career as an aggressive freelance journalist and celebrity interviewer in London to learn the mechanics of the trade before transitioning into full-time creative fiction. Gaiman first captured monumental global prominence as the architect of DC Comics' seminal, multi-award-winning series The Sandman, which revolutionized graphic storytelling by weaving classical folklore, history, and gothic horror into a high-art comic medium. Renowned for a fluid narrative style that injects modern, ancient, and surreal gods into ordinary realities, his extensive, chart-topping bibliography spans several literary masterpieces written for both adult and younger readers, including the dark fairy-tale novella Coraline, the Hugo and Newbery Medal-winning dark fantasy The Graveyard Book, and his epic, definitive masterpiece, American Gods. A prolific cross-media creator who frequently adapts his own worlds for the screen, he has written screenplays for major Hollywood feature films, co-created the blockbuster television adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman, and serves as a highly sought-after international lecturer on the fundamental arts of creative writing and censorship protection.