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Neil Gaiman Biography
Neil Gaiman is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on November 10, 1960 in Portchester, England, United Kingdom. English author, whose most popular works are The Sandman, The Graveyard Book and Coraline. He has received numerous literary awards, including the English author whose popular works include The Sandman, The Graveyard Book, and Coraline. His numerous literary honors include the Bram Stoker, Nebula, Hugo, and British National Book awards. In 2017, his novel American Gods was developed into a critically acclaimed series on Starz. and Nebula, Hugo and British National Book awards. His novel American Gods was made into a Starz series in 2017 that received critical acclaim.
He was also the screenwriter for Beowulf. It was directed by He co-wrote the screenplay for the film Beowulf, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis..
Gaiman wrote two series for Marvel Comics. Marvel 1602 was an eight-issue limited series published from November 2003 to June 2004 with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove. The Eternals was a seven-issue limited series drawn by John Romita Jr., which was published from August 2006 to March 2007.
Gaiman’s family is of Polish Jewish and other Eastern European Jewish origins. His great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp, Belgium, to the UK before 1914 and his grandfather eventually settled in the south of England in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores. Gaiman’s grandfather changed his original family name of Chaiman to Gaiman. His father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked in the same chain of stores; his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. He has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy.
He was born to Sheila Gaiman, David Bernard Gaiman’s second wife. They were raised both as Jews and Scientologists. After having three children with Mary McGrath, he married He and his two sisters were born to David Bernard Gaiman and Sheila Gaiman and were raised as both Jews and Scientologists. He had three children with his first wife Mary McGrath before marrying singer Amanda Palmer in 2011. He and Palmer have a son, Anthony. in 2011 and had three more. He is married to Palmer and they have a son named Anthony.
| Name | Neil Gaiman |
| First Name | Neil |
| Last Name | Gaiman |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Birthday | November 10 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place of Birth | Portchester |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Amanda Palmer , Mary McGrath |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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For his seventh birthday, Gaiman received C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series. He later recalled that “I admired his use of parenthetical statements to the reader, where he would just talk to you … I’d think, ‘Oh, my gosh, that is so cool! I want to do that! When I become an author, I want to be able to do things in parentheses.’ I liked the power of putting things in brackets.” Narnia also introduced him to literary awards, specifically the 1956 Carnegie Medal won by the concluding volume. When Gaiman won the 2010 Medal himself, the press reported him recalling, “it had to be the most important literary award there ever was” and observing, “if you can make yourself aged seven happy, you’re really doing well – it’s like writing a letter to yourself aged seven.”
Neil Gaiman Net Worth
Neil Gaiman is one of the richest Novelist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Gaiman's net worth $18 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
When he was four years old, he began to read and fell in love reading classics for children like The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings. Although he did not go to college, he was hired as a journalist and book critic.
He is friends with He is close friends with singer/songwriter Tori Amos, who is also a fan of his work. who is also a fan.
This legal battle was brought by Gaiman and the specifically formed Marvels and Miracles, LLC, which Gaiman had previously created to help sort out the legal rights surrounding Marvelman. Gaiman had written Marvel 1602 in 2003 to help fund this project and all of Marvel Comics’ profits for the original issues of the series were donated to Marvels and Miracles. Marvelman was eventually purchased by Marvel Comics in 2009.
| Net Worth | $18 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Novelist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, Hampshire, where Neil was born in 1960, the Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead, where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town; one of Gaiman’s sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, “Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. I’d say, ‘I’m a Jewish Scientologist.’ ” Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist, and that like Judaism, Scientology is his family’s religion. About his personal views, Gaiman has stated, “I think we can say that God exists in the DC Universe. I would not stand up and beat the drum for the existence of God in this universe. I don’t know, I think there’s probably a 50/50 chance. It doesn’t really matter to me.”
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (/ˈ ɡ eɪ m ən / ; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Neil Gaiman height 5 ft 10 in Neil weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 10 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Gaiman is a dedicated user of fountain pens and has said that he writes the first draft of all his books with one. He started this practice with Stardust which he wrote in fountain pen in order to capture the feeling of the 1920s. He is most closely associated with the Pilot 823, one of which he has said he has used for giving over one million signatures.
In the early 1980s, Gaiman pursued journalism, conducting interviews and writing book reviews, as a means to learn about the world and to make connections that he hoped would later assist him in getting published. He wrote and reviewed extensively for the British Fantasy Society. His first professional short story publication was “Featherquest”, a fantasy story, in Imagine Magazine in May 1984.
Who is Neil Gaiman Dating?
According to our records, Neil Gaiman married to Amanda Palmer , Mary McGrath . As of December 1, 2023, Neil Gaiman’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Neil Gaiman. You may help us to build the dating records for Neil Gaiman!Gaiman was educated at several Church of England schools, including Fonthill School in East Grinstead, Ardingly College (1970–74), and Whitgift School in Croydon (1974–77). His father’s position as a public relations official of the Church of Scientology was the cause of the seven-year-old Gaiman being forced to withdraw from Fonthill School and remain at the school that he had previously been attending. He lived in East Grinstead for many years, from 1965 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1987. He met his first wife, Mary McGrath, while she was studying Scientology and living in a house in East Grinstead that was owned by his father. The couple were married in 1985 after having their first child, Michael.
Facts & Trivia
Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Neil Gaiman celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.
In 1984, he wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran, as well as Ghastly Beyond Belief, a book of quotations, with Kim Newman. Even though Gaiman thought he had done a terrible job, the book’s first edition sold out very quickly. When he went to relinquish his rights to the book, he discovered the publisher had gone bankrupt. After this, he was offered a job by Penthouse. He refused the offer.
What is Neil Gaiman best known for?
| Occupation | Author, comic book creator, screenwriter, voice actor |
| Genre | Fantasy, horror, science fiction, dark fantasy, comedy |
| Notable works | The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens, The Ocean at the End of the Lane |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Is Coraline Based on Neil Gaiman?
| Dewey Decimal | 813 |
| LC Class | PZ7.G1273 Co 2002 |
Did Neil Gaiman write Coraline for his daughter?
Publication History. Neil Gaiman began writing Coraline almost a decade before it was published. In 1990, he decided that he wanted to write a story for his daughter, Holly, who was 5 years old at the time.
Does Neil Gaiman like the Coraline movie?
Though Gaiman said that he liked the majority of the book-to-film changes and that he loved “the sassy, blue-haired, American Coraline,” there was one piece of the Selick-written and -directed film he was not a fan of: “I was uncomfortable with feeling like Wybie had rescued [Coraline] at the end.
What was Coraline inspired by?
Gaiman shared that the idea for the story came from hearing his own daughter, Holly, tell him scary stories early in the ’90s. He went into a bookshop looking for “really good horror for 4 to 5-year-old” and obviously there wasn’t much, so he just decided to write it himself.
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