Who is Neil Gaiman?
Neil Gaiman, born 10 November 1960, is a multi-awarded writer with a very significant cult following. A native of Porchester, England, he now reigns over the world of fantasy fiction from his home in the state of Minnesota, USA. He is married to Mary McGrath and has three children — two daughters, Holly and Maddy, and a son, Mike. He also writes a regularly updated blog which is very popular with his legion of fans. Neil Gaiman first reached geek god status with his re-imagining of a minor DC comics hero, The Sandman. His reconstruction of the virtually unknown character into Morpheus, a complex god of dream now adored by a plethora of fanatics, has resulted in one of the most sophisticated and thoughtful works in comics history. His effort eventually garnered him a World Fantasy Award, the only one given to a comic book. From comic books, Neil Gaiman went on to conquer the world of fiction, mostly in the fantasy genre. Most of his books, whether novels or short story anthologies, have
He’s a writer, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. “If people know who I am and what I do, odds are they’ve read something by me and they liked it,” he suggests. “Occasionally, they’ve read something by me and they hate it.” Gaiman has been writing for some time and has tackled pretty much every mode you can think of. He started off as a journalist, segued into comics, and after gaining a bit of a reputation, ended up working in radio plays, television, film, and, of course, books. Not many writers can make a decent living at their profession. Gaiman can, but it wasn’t always thus. “When you first start out, you have no money, you have no work, but you have infinite time.” Gaiman is explaining his triangle philosophy of life, which articulates how difficult it is to balance the trio of work, money, and time. “Now I’m in a position where I have as much money as any human being could sanely want,” he continues. “The work is anything I want to do as bounded by time.
