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 Neil Gaiman's Profile |
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Unofficial fan page |
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| Age: | 47 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 0' 0" |
| Zodiac: |  Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21) |
| Last Login: | May 3, 2008 (571 days back) |
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About Me |
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| I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)"Not the real Gaiman. An unofficial fan site!" Bestselling author Neil Gaiman has long been one of the top writers in modern comics, as well as writing books for readers of all ages. He is listed in the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the top ten living post-modern writers, and is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama.His New York Times bestselling 2001 novel for adults, American Gods, was awarded the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards, was nominated for many other awards, including the World Fantasy Award and the Minnesota Book Award, and appeared on many best-of-year lists.Gaiman’s eagerly awaited new novel for adults, Anansi Boys debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list in September, 2005. About Anansi Boys Gaiman says: “It’s a scary, funny sort of a story, which isn’t exactly a thriller, and isn’t really horror, and doesn’t quite qualify as a ghost story (although it has at least one ghost in it), or a romantic comedy (although there are several romances in there, and it’s certainly a comedy, except for the scary bits).” An audio version of the entire text of Anansi Boys, as read by UK comedian Lenny Henry, has also been published by HarperAudio as both regular CDs and as MP3-CDs.The Sundance Film Festival premiere of Mirrormask, a Jim Henson Company Production written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Dave McKean, took place in January 2005. The film was released from Goldwyn/Sony on September 30, 2005. Mirrormask, a lavishly designed book containing the complete script, black and white storyboards, full-color art from the film, and augmented by notes and observations by the creators is published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Mirrormask, a picture book for younger readers, also written by Gaiman and illustrated with art from the movie, will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in October 2005, and The Alchemy of Mirrormask will be published by CollinsDesign that same month.With Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman has written the script for Beowulf, to be directed by Robert Zemeckis and set to begin filming in fall 2005 with Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie starring.Gaiman is co-author, with Terry Pratchett, of Good Omens, a very funny novel about how the world is going to end and we're all going to die, which spent 17 consecutive weeks on the Sunday Times (London) bestseller list in 1990 and has gone on to become an international bestseller. In March 2006, Morrow will publish a new hardcover edition of the book, which will include an introduction and other ancillary material from the authors.Gaiman was the creator/writer of monthly cult DC Comics horror-weird series, Sandman, which won nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including the award for best writer four times, and three Harvey Awards. Sandman #19 took the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to be awarded a literary award. Norman Mailer said of Sandman: "Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time."His six-part fantastical TV series for the BBC, Neverwhere, aired in 1996. His novel, also called Neverwhere, set in the same strange underground world as the television series, was released in 1997. It appeared on numerous bestseller lists, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Locus. Film rights to Neverwhere have been bought by Jim Henson Productions; Gaiman has written a draft of the script for the film.Gaiman's first book for children, The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean, came out in May 1997, was listed by Newsweek as one of the best children's books of the year, and was reissued to acclaim by HarperCollins in 2003.Stardust, a prose novel in four parts, began to appear from DC Comics in October 1997. Illustrated by Charles Vess, it is a fairy story for adults. The collected DC version appeared in late 1998, and in January 1999 Morrow/Avon released the all-prose unillustrated version of Stardust; it received starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, appeared on a number of American bestseller lists, was listed by Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of the year, and was awarded the prestigious Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in August 1999.His most recent collection of short fiction, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions, was published in 1998. It was nominated in the UK for a MacMillan Silver Pen award as the best short story collection of the year.Gaiman's 1999 return to Sandman, the prose book The Dream Hunters, with art by Yoshitaka Amano, won the Bram Stoker award for best illustrated work by the Horror Writers Association, and was nominated for a Hugo award.Two Plays For Voices (2002), an audio adaptation of two of Gaiman’s short stories, and starring Brian Dennehy and Bebe Neuwirth, was awarded a 2002 Audie Award by the Audio Publishers Association.At the end of 2002 Gaiman wrote and directed his first film, in association with Ska Films: a short, dark, funny work called "A Short Film about John Bolton," which is available on DVD. In 2006, Gaiman will direct his first feature length film, based on his graphic novel “Death: The High Cost of Living” for New Line Films.His children's novel Coraline, published in 2002, was also a New York Times and international bestseller and an enormous critical success; it won the Elizabeth Burr/ Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards. Director Henry Selick is making the film “Coraline,” with music provided by the band They Might Be Giants.In 2003 The Wolves in the Walls, illustrated by his longtime collaborator Dave McKean, was published, and it was named by the New York Times as one of the best illustrated books of the year. It is currently being made into an opera by the Scottish National Theatre. 2003 also saw the appearance of the first Sandman graphic novel in seven years, Endless Nights, which was published by DC Comics and was the first graphic novel to make the New York Times bestseller list.In 2004, Gaiman published the first volume of a serialized story for Marvel called 1602, which was the bestselling comic of the year, and is currently a Quills Award finalist in the graphic novel category.Gaiman's work has appeared in translation in dozens of countries around the world. His journalism has appeared in Wired, Time Out London, The London Sunday Times, Punch, The Observer Colour Supplement, and has reviewed books for the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post Bookworld.Tori Amos sings about Neil on her albums “Little Earthquakes,” “Under the Pink,” “Boys for Pele,” and “Scarlet's Walk”; and he's written songs for the Minneapolis band The Flash Girls ("the find of the year and perhaps beyond" -- Utne Reader), for Chris Ewen’s “The Hidden Variable,” and for the band One Ring Zero.In August 1997 the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a First Amendment organization, awarded Gaiman their Defender of Liberty Award. In 2000 he did the final series of "Guardian Angel" readings, which he began doing for the CBLDF in 1993, and replaced the retiring Frank Miller on the CBLDF Board of Directors. In September 2005 he will be one of 17 bestselling authors who, in support of the First Amendment Project, will auction off the chance to name a character in an upcoming book.Gaiman’s official website, www.neilgaiman.com, now has more than one million unique visitors each month, and his online journal is syndicated to thousands of blog readers every day. Currently, more than 2,500 websites link to www.neilgaiman.com.Born and raised in England, Neil Gaiman now lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has somehow reached his forties and still tends to need a haircut. |
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My Interests |
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| Q&A "Witches Headstone"/Graveyayd Book Neil Gaiman & Dave Mckean in conversation Mirrormask trailer Beowulf trailer | |
My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Portchester |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Occupation: | Storyteller |
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My Blog |
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At Eastercon |
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| "Copied from a journal entry at NeilGaiman.com"It’s a terrific convention (in a hotel the geography of which I cannot quite grasp).My first Eastercon was Seacon in Brighton in 1984 -- a huge and... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:33:00 PST |
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The Graveyard Book |
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| "Copied from a journal entry at neilgaiman.com"The Graveyard Book is back on track, I think, and the thorny and evil thicket that was Chapter Six has been traversed and, I am told, does not sound like... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:47:00 PST |
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Bad News |
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| Copied from a journal entry at NeilGaiman.comI just read the news about Roger Avary, and am mostly posting this because people have already started writing to let me know about it, and to stop that tu... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:14:00 PST |
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| As I still get the occasional message from people writing to Neil Gaiman, I would like to reiterate that this is simply a fan page. This particular blog is not directly related to Neil Gaiman but I fe... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:44:00 PST |
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"Im the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and you cant catch me..." |
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| COPIED FROM A JORNAL ENTRY AT NEILGAIMAN.COMI took the family to see Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd last night, which I absolutely loved (even down to a couple of grace notes, the St Dunstan's market and t... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:24:00 PST |
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Birthdays |
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| Just did the Second Life press conference. Just before it started the nice lady from Warners excused herself to give my privacy to be interviewed. "Before you go," I said, very aware that whatever can... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:32:00 PST |
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Maddy would like to say a little thing about the premiere |
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| I reminded Maddy about blogging the premiere. She sent me back the following, along with a note apologising for it not being very long ('just say like "maddy would like to say a little thing about the... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:27:00 PST |
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NEIL GAIMAN answers YOUR questions! |
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| Check out this video: MySpace Comic Books: NEIL GAIMAN answers YOUR questions!
Add to My Profile | More Videos... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:07:00 PST |
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Rabbits and Tygers and Butterflies oh my |
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| "Copied from Neil Gaiman's journal on neilgaiman.com"Dave McKean is showing me short films on DVD. And I just realised that the films in question are up on YouTube.First he just showed me this. The Bu... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:20:00 PST |
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Neil Giman appearences for 2007 |
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| March 30, 2007Forbidden Planet SigningFriday, 5pm - 6:30pm179 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JRFragile Things signinghttp://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx/?entry=neil_gaiman_sign
ing_eventlast updated: 23-Mar-2... Posted by Neil Gaiman on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:07:00 PST |
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