Neil Gaiman (born the November 10th 1960 with Portchester) is a British author of novels and scenarios of cartoon living with the the United States. Prolific and general-purpose author, it bored on the scene of the fantastic Anglo-Saxon thanks to his series Sandman published by cd. comics in the years 1990.

Biography

Gaiman follows studies of journalism after being refused by several editors to create contacts being able to help it, at least hopes for it, with being published later. It is at that time that he writes its first book, it from now on very required biography of the group Duran Duran as well as many articles for Knave magazine. He will collaborate with Terry Pratchett on Of goods predict ( Good Omens ), in connection with the imminence of the Apocalypse.

Gaiman starts to work on Comic book S after having bound friendship with Alan Moore. He writes two English illustrated novels with his old friend and favorite collaborator Dave McKean: Violent one Boxes and Signal to Noise . Thereafter he works for cd. Comics which publishes the black Orchis .

Works

Comics

• Series Angela , 4 numbers, creator of the character and scenario, drawing of Greg Capullo
• Series the Black Orchis ( Black Orchid ), scenario
• Series Sandman , scenario
• mysteries of the murder ( Murder Mysteries ), 2003, scenario, drawing of P. Craig Russell
• Series 1602 , 8 numbers, Marvel Comics, 2003-2004.
• Of the wolves in the walls , scenario
• the Day when I exchanged my father against two red fish , scenario
• The Eternals , series in 6 numbers appeared in September 2007 in French, with the Panini editions. With the assistance of John Romita Jr with the drawing, Neil Gaiman re-examines the characters of Jack Kirby and defines the concept of immortal.

Novels & news

• Of goods predict ( Good Omens ) 1990, in collaboration with Terry Pratchett
• Neverwhere ( Neverwhere ) 1996
• Miroirs and smoked ( Smoke and Mirrors ), 1998,2000 in France. Collection of New S of very different styles, treating traditional topics of the Fantastic Literature (of which homages to H.P. Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock…)
• Stardust ( Stardust ) 1999, declined in cinematographic version in 2007.
• American Gods ( American Gods ) 2001, with the editions With the Devil Vauvert
• Coral-red ( Coral-red ) 2003, with the editions Albin Michel
• Anansi Servant boys ( Anansi Servant boys ) 2006, with the editions With the devil vauvert
• Violent one Boxes ( Violent one Boxes ) 2006, with the editions With the devil vauvert, Romance graph with Dave McKean
• Fragile Things 2006, William Morrow. Not translated. Treating collection of news plus a novella of the hero of American Gods, Ombre, whose history proceeds between American Gods and Anansi Boys.

Others

• Neverwhere , Televised series, scenario
• Babylon 5 , season 5, episode 11, the Day of dead ( Day off the Dead ) - Televised series, scenario.
• No panic! - Douglas Adams and the Galactic Guide ( Don' T panic grass - Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker' S Guides to the Galaxy ): history of the creation of the galactic Guide ( Hitchhiker' S Guides to the Galaxy ), radiophonic serial, then delivers and Televised series in England, written by Douglas Adams.
• MirrorMask ( Mirrormask ), Film, (scenario)

See too

External bonds

• Official site

• personal Blog of Gaiman
• French Translation of the blog
• the bio of the author on Elbakin.net
• the card bio/biblio of the author on the cosmic Cockroach
• Neilgaimania: the Italian site on Neil Gaiman