Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the
United States near Minneapolis. As a child he discovered his love
of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C. S. Lewis,
J. R. R. Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael
Moorcock, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and G. K. Chesterton. A
self-described "feral child who was raised in libraries," Gaiman
credits librarians with fostering a lifelong love of reading: "I
wouldn't be who I am without libraries. I was the sort of kid who
devoured books, and my happiest times as a boy were when I
persuaded my parents to drop me off in the local library on their
way to work, and I spent the day there. I discovered that
librarians actually want to help you: They taught me about
interlibrary loans."
Neil Gaiman's work has been honored with many awards
internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His
books and stories have also been honored with four Hugos, two
Nebulas, one World Fantasy Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, six
Locus Awards, two British Science Fiction Association Awards, one
British Fantasy Award, three Geffens, one International Horror
Guild Award, and two Mythopoeic Awards.
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