Neil Gaiman Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of American Gods Books
American Gods | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anansi Boys | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monarch of the Glen | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Dog | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of American Gods Books
American Gods | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monarch of the Glen | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anansi Boys | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Dog | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of American Gods Graphic Novels
American Gods, Volume 1 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
American Gods, Volume 2 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
American Gods, Volume 3 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sandman Graphic Novels
Preludes and Nocturnes | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doll's House | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dream Country | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Season of Mists | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Game of You | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fables and Reflections | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Brief Lives | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Worlds' End | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kindly Ones | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wake | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dream Hunters | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Endless Nights | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Overture | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sandman Non-Fiction Books
Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1997 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sandman Companion | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quotable Sandman | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Babylon 5 Books
In the Beginning | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thirdspace | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of the Dead | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Call to Arms | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Best American Comics Books
Publication Order of Chu Books
Chu's Day | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chu's First Day of School | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chu's Day at the Beach | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Death Graphic Novels
The High Cost of Living | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Talks About Life | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time of Your Life | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Absolute Death | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of InterWorld Books
InterWorld | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silver Dream | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eternity's Wheel | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of London Below Books
Neverwhere | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Marvel 1602 Books
Marvel 1602 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marvel 1602: New World | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Marvel Masters Collections
Marvel Masters | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tales of Kurt Busiek | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The British Invasion, Volume 1 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tales of Chris Claremont | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Art of John Romita Jr. | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tales of Kurt Busiek & The Art of John Romita Sr. & John Romita Jr. | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tales of Chris Claremont & The Art of John Byrne & Jim Lee | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Miracleman Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man Books
Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man: The Complete Comics, Volume One | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man: The Complete Comics, Volume Two | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Spawn Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Temps Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Good Omens | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stardust | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coraline | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Graveyard Book | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Odd and the Frost Giants | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortunately, the Milk | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Black Dogby Neil Gaiman | (1796) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shoggoth's Old Peculiar | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of Death and Honey | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sleeper and the Spindle | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Talk to Girls at Parties | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Plays
Two Plays for Voices | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beowulf: The Script Book | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Children's Books
The Dangerous Alphabet | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blueberry Girl | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crazy Hair | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Instructions | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cinnamon | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirate Stew | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Violent Cases | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Breakthrough | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Orchid | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Signal to Noise | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Mysteries | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Books of Magic | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snow, Glass, Apples | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spawn: Angela's Hunt | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Temptation | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Compleat Alice Cooper | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stardust | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Only the End of the World Again | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Creatures of the Night | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Harlequin Valentine | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wolves in the Walls | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Study in Emerald | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
MirrorMask | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Melinda | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eternals | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coraline | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hansel and Gretel | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The DC Universe By Neil Gaiman | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Troll Bridge | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Likely Stories | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chivalry | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Days | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Adventures in the Dream Trade | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fragile Things | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
M is for Magic | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coraline and Other Stories | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet Justice: Selected Short Stories from the 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Annuals | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trigger Warning | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Norse Mythology | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Problem of Susan and Other Stories | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Duran Duran | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Art of Vampire: The Masquerade | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Walking Tour of the Shambles | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Make Good Art | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The View from the Cheap Seats | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Art Matters | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
H. Beam Piper: A Biography | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Rhysling Anthology Books
The 2017 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2016 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 2019 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2018 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Snow White, Blood Red Anthology Books
Snow White, Blood Red | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Thorn, White Rose | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Swan, White Raven | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silver Birch, Blood Moon | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Heart, Ivory Bones | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Best Horror of the Year Anthology Books
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Book of Cthulhu Books
The Book of Cthulhu | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Cthulhu II | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology series. Numerous authors. |
Publication Order of The Mythic Fiction Anthology Books
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of UFO Anthology Books
Unidentified Funny Objects | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Science Fiction | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Fantasy | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Horror | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology series. |
Publication Order of Year's Best Fantasy Books
Year's Best Fantasy | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 2 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 3 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 4 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 5 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 6 | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 7 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 8 | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Best Fantasy 9 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology series. |
Publication Order of Doctor Who Anthologies
More Short Trips | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Short Trips and Side Steps | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doctor Who Stories | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Summer Falls and Other Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of New Cthulhu Anthology Books
Publication Order of Norse Mythology, Vol. 2 (Single Issues) Books
Publication Order of The Dying Earth Books
The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cugel's Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Quest for Simbilis | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Morreion | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seventeen Virgins | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bagful of Dreams | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rhialto the Marvellous | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Laughing Magician | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology series. |
Publication Order of Legends Books
Legends | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legends 3 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Death of the Endless Books
Publication Order of Little Lit Books
Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strange Stories for Strange Kids | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Was a Dark and Silly Night... | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Fat Little Lit | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Ghastly Beyond Belief | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now We Are Sick | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weerde, Book 1 | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weerde, Book 2 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sandman: Book of Dreams | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Terrors 3: The Gollancz Book of Horror | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Terrors 4: The Gollancz Book of Horror | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bento: Story Art Box | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
9-11, Volume 2 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Was a Dark and Silly Night... | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Fat Little Lit | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke and Mirrors | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hellbound Hearts | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories: All New Tales | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zombies: The Recent Dead | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Songs of Love and Death | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Happily Ever After | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Urban Fantasy Anthology | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Study in Sherlock | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Recent Weird | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All Star Future Shocks | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Detectives | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unnatural Creatures | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rogues | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fables from the Fountain | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War on Christmas | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Relics, Wrecks and Ruins | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
About Neil Gaiman:
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman was born on the 10th of November year 1960. He is an English author of novels, short films, audio theater, graphic novels, comic book, and films. He is popularly known for his notable works, such as the comic book series The Sandman and his novels American Gods, Stardust, The Graveyard book, and Coraline, which is now an animated motion picture. He has also won a number of accolades, specifically the Nebula, Hugo, and Bram Stoker awards, and also the Newbie and Carnegie medals, making him the very first author to win it both with his work, The Graveyard Book.
Early Life
In his early days, Neil was raised and born in Hampshire, specifically Portchester. His lovely father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked in a grocery chain stores that his grandfather established. While her mother, Sheila Gaiman, was employed as a pharmacist. David also has two sisters, Lizzy and Claire.
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Gaiman can already read books at the early age of four years old, and he said “I was born a reader. I relly loved reading. Reading always gave me happiness. I was excelling in my classes, not because I had a particular expertise or interest at them, but because basically on the very first school day, they give you schoolbooks, and I’d eventually read them—which meant that I know what to expect because I read it.”
Some books that Gaiman had a particular impression as a kid were J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, which he consistently read. Also, C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series (which is now also a major motion picture) And recalled that “I really loved the way or his usageof parenthetical statements. It is as if he’s like talking to you. I’d think. “Oh, that is so cool! I would love to do that myself! And I said when I become an author someday, I want to do things exactly the way he does.’ I really liked the perspective of things being expressed using parentheses.” He also gained interest in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which he considered as a favourite.
Gaiman studied at various Church of England schools. Some of these schools are Ardingly College from 1970 to 1974, Fonthill School, and Whitgift School (1974-1997). Gaiman was prohibited from attending a boys’ school because his father is a public relations official of the Church of Scientology. Therefore, he was forced to stay at the school he had been previously attending. He settled in East Grindstead from 1965 to 1980, and again from 1984 to 1987. Gaiman met his first love, Mary McGrath, while she was studying Scientology. They tied the knot in the year 1985 after giving birth to their first child.
Career
Growing up, Gaiman was influenced by many authors, then later become a big fan of science fiction. He read the books of Samuel R. Delany, H.P. Lovecraft, Roger Zelazny, Thorne Smith, Robert A. Heinlein, Alan Moore, and Gene Wolfe.
Gaiman went to pursue Journalism in the early 1980’s. He would conduct interviews and write reviews of books, as a means to learn and to make or gain some connection that in later time, would assist and help him in getting published. Extensively, he reviewed and wrote for the British Fantasy Society. His first-ever professional short story work and publication was Featherquest, a fantasy story that was published in Imagine Magazine in the year 1984. Gaiman was 24 years old at that time.
Also, in 1984, Gaiman worked on his very first book. It was a biography of theGhastly Beyond Belief, which is a quotations book and the late band Duran Duran, with fellow author Kim Newman. Gaiman thought that he really did a terrible-job, but the book’s first edition was sold out. When he went to claim his right for the book, he found out that his publisher had gone bankrupt. After this, Penthouse (a men’s magazine) offered Gaiman a job, but he refused.
Gaiman also wrote articles and interview for various British magazines, even Knave magazine. During this time, he used pseudonyms like Richard Grey, Gerry Musgrave, and other more “house names”. Gaiman finally ended his Journalism career in the year 1987 because of the mere fact that British newspapers use untruths as facts. He wrote Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-Companion in what he considers asa Classic-English-Humour style. Following that, he worked on the opening of what became his collaboration with fellow author, Terry Pratchett. It wasGood Omens, the comic novel which tells about the impending-apocalypse.
Graphic Novels and Comics
Gaiman formed a friendship bond with Alan Moore, who is a comic book writer. Prior to this, Gaiman started to write comic-books, selecting Marvelman after Moore ended his run on the series. Gaiman made more collaborations, including Mark Buckingham and close friend Dave McKean. Some of their works are The Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, Signal to Noise , and Violent Cases. After some time, DC Comics hired Gaiman, and wrote the limited series Black Orchid. Karen Berger, who became the head of DC Comics’s Vertigo, asked Gaiman a job to rewrite a character. One of the most notable works of Gaiman started here, The Sandman.
Film and Screenwriting
Gaiman wrote the television series Neverwhere. Also, he co-wrote the screenplay for the movie MirrorMask again with Dave McKean for McKean to direct. He is also the author of the localised English translation script to the anime movie Princess Mononoke, which is based on the Japanese translation script. Additional to this, he co-wrote the script for Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf with Roger Avary, In which their collaboration had been proved effective and productive for both writers. Gaiman also expressed his interest in collaboration on a film-adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Film Adaptations
Some of Gaiman’s works have been greenlighted for film adaptations. The most notable was Stardust, which premiered on August 2007, starring Robert De Niro, Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer. The director was Matthew Vaughn. Coraline also became a major motion picture, and was released on February 6, 2009. Henry Selick directed the movie, wit Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning as the lead voice-actors. Also, Gaiman announced that he would begin making the screenplay for the feature film Death: The High Cost of Living and that he would also direct it for Warner Independent. Producers are Susan Montford and Don Murphy while Guillermo del Toro is the executive producer.
Present Time
Gaiman now settles new in Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States and has been there since 1992. Gaiman decided to move there so that he can be close with his family. Gaiman has three children with then-wife Mary McGrath. As of 2013, he also resides in Cambride, MA.
Gaiman is now married to Amanda Palmer, a songwriter and performer. The couple announced on June 2009 that they were officially dating, and announced their engagement on Twitter on January 1, 2010. They were married legally on January 2 2011. He took MacKinnon as his middle name.
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