Taken from Jim Hines' recent LJ entry: Neil Gaiman once wrote a Nebula-winning story using only the middle row of his keyboard.Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy on Neil Gaiman’s accent.If you write 1000 words and Neil Gaiman writes 1000 words, Neil Gaiman has written more than you.Neil Gaiman does not use Microsoft’s grammar-check. Microsoft uses a Gaiman-check...

Title: Coraline Author: Neil Gaiman Date Finished: Oct 19, 2008 #62 Pages: 161 Published: 2002 Rating: 4/5 What a deliciously creepy book! This was my last for the read-a-thon, and even when my eyes were growing increasingly droopy, I was still thoroughly frightened! This is my third Gaiman book this year, and though I liked Stardust better, I think this is Gaiman at his best. Coraline is the stor...

Neil Gaiman Interview Jeffrey Berman interviews Neil Gaiman for The Huffington Post: The first time I met Gaiman was in a little comic shop I used to frequent in Sherman Oaks, California, called Forbidden Planet. "The Sandman" had been in print less than a year and Gaiman was several years off from becoming the superstar he is today. I found him seated alone at the back of the store, making the ro...

I'm a bit late o this game, but you absolutely have to read Jim C. Hines"20 Neil Gaiman Facts". Hines, a humor fantasist, takes the whole Chuck Norris phenomenon and turns it into one for the speculative fiction crowd. 1. Neil Gaiman once wrote a Nebula-winning story using only the middle row of his keyboard. 2. Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy on Neil Gaiman...

“Fragile Things“ by Neil Gaiman Format: Paperback, 440 pages Published by Headline Review, 2006. Neil Gaiman need no introduction from me, rapidly becoming a bit of a national institution (probably the only form of institution you would want to become) thanks to the success of Hollywood movies like Stardust, Beowulf, Mirrormask and the  forthcoming Coraline. Of course this follows

Bookslut Interview with Neil Gaiman from Jessa Crispin on Vimeo. 16 minutes Bookslut (Jessa Crispin) interviewed Neil Gaiman recently and this is it. In this interview, he mentions his blog. Neil Gaiman wrote Neverwhere (one of my favourites) and Stardust and American Gods and the Sandman graphic novel (aka comic books) series. His new book is called The Graveyard Book.

Novelist Neil Gaiman, fresh off his Newbery medal win for The Graveyard Book, announced that director Neil Jordan will adapt and direct the film version of that award-winning novel. Gaiman made the announcement during a Today Show appearance. As GalleyCat reported, Gaiman won the American Library Association's prestigious award this week for Graveyard, which was illustrated by Dave McKean. Jo...

The fantasy author Neil Gaiman is shortlisted for the Booktrust teenage prize with his first full-length novel since Coraline After winning a trio of major literary awards in the US, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book has landed a nomination for the Booktrust teenage prize on a shortlist which is being described as the award's most subversive yet. Gaiman's tale of a boy brought up in ...

"In my hair Gorillas leap, Tigers stalk, And ground sloths sleep. Prides of lions Make their lair Somewhere in my crazy hair." By Neil Gaiman Find Out More Similar News: Goodreads Q&A with Neil Gaiman Earlier today I saw that Goodreads just had a Q&A with Neil Gaiman. For an hour, Gaiman stopped by and answered questions fans put up on Goodreads. It was a lot of fun to read through and I w...

Friday, 31st October 2008 One of the highlights of my readerly and geek calendar. Mark and I got to go our and play with other fans and meet the lovely Neil Gaiman. We were standing outside to draw some money when the taxi drew up and out spilled Mr. Gaiman and his posse. Mark had to restrain me otherwise I might have been writing this from a nine by six jail cell. We allowed Mr. Gaiman and