Neil Gaiman is a prolific English author known for his diverse body of work spanning short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. He gained prominence with The Sandman comic series and has authored acclaimed novels like Good Omens, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Gaiman has also been involved in television adaptations of his works, including co-creating the TV series Good Omens and The Sandman.
Before 1914, Neil Gaiman's great-grandfather emigrated to England from Antwerp.
In 1956, the concluding volume of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia won the Carnegie Medal, introducing Neil Gaiman to literary awards.
Neil Richard Gaiman was born on 10 November 1960, in Portchester, Hampshire.
In 1965, Neil Gaiman moved to East Grinstead with his family.
In 1970, Neil Gaiman attended Ardingly College in East Grinstead.
In 1974, Neil Gaiman began attending Whitgift School in Croydon.
In 1977, Neil Gaiman completed his studies at Whitgift School.
In 1980, Neil Gaiman left East Grinstead.
In May 1984, Neil Gaiman's first professional short story, "Featherquest", was published in Imagine magazine.
In 1984, Neil Gaiman returned to East Grinstead.
In 1984, Neil Gaiman wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran, and co-edited Ghastly Beyond Belief.
In 1984, while waiting for a train at London's Victoria Station, Neil Gaiman read a copy of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, which heavily influenced his approach to comics.
In 1985, Neil Gaiman married Mary McGrath after having their first child.
In 1986, Neil Gaiman's first published comic strips were four short Future Shocks for 2000 AD.
In 1986, writer Julia Hobsbawm accused Neil Gaiman of "an aggressive, unwanted pass", recounting how Gaiman pushed her onto a sofa and French kissed her.
In February 1987, DC Comics hired Neil Gaiman after being impressed with his work.
In 1987, Neil Gaiman left East Grinstead for the final time.
Neil Gaiman ended his journalism career in 1987 because British newspapers regularly publish untruths as fact.
In January 1989, The Sandman series began, telling the tale of Dream, known as Morpheus. The series became one of DC's top-selling titles.
In 1989, Neil Gaiman produced two stories for DC's Secret Origins series: a Poison Ivy tale and a Riddler story.
In 1989, Neil Gaiman started writing the comic series The Sandman.
In 1990, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett published the novel Good Omens.
In 1990, Neil Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic, a four-part mini-series set in the DC Universe.
In 1990, Neil Gaiman's first novel, Good Omens, in collaboration with Terry Pratchett, was published.
In 1993, Neil Gaiman was contracted by Todd McFarlane to write a single issue of "Spawn" for Image Comics.
In 1993, the limited series Death: The High Cost of Living launched DC's Vertigo line.
In March 1996, The Sandman series concluded after 75 issues, which have been collected into 12 volumes.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman and Ed Kramer co-edited The Sandman: Book of Dreams, an anthology featuring stories and contributions by various authors.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman concluded the comic series The Sandman.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman wrote the BBC dark fantasy television series "Neverwhere". He also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie "MirrorMask" and the localised English language script for the anime movie "Princess Mononoke".
In 1996, Neil Gaiman's novelisation of his teleplay for the BBC mini-series Neverwhere was published as his first solo novel.
In 1999, Neil Gaiman published the novel Stardust.
In 1999, Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel Stardust was first printed and released.
In 2000, Gaiman's story for Action Comics Weekly, originally written in 1989, was published as Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame.
In 2000, Neil Gaiman's Future Shocks were published, which he had been working on since 1986.
In February 2001, after completing American Gods, Neil Gaiman's publishers created a promotional website with a weblog where Gaiman described the novel's revision, publishing, and promotion. The site later evolved into the Official Neil Gaiman Website.
In 2001, Neil Gaiman published the novel American Gods.
In 2002, Neil Gaiman published the novel Coraline.
In early 2002, Neil Gaiman filed papers claiming joint ownership of characters he created for "Spawn" with Todd McFarlane, leading to a legal dispute over copyright infringement.
In November 2003, Marvel 1602, an eight-issue limited series by Neil Gaiman, began publication.
In 2003, Neil Gaiman wrote "Marvel 1602" to help fund Marvels and Miracles, LLC, an organization created to sort out legal rights surrounding Marvelman.
In February 2004, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling, granting joint ownership of the "Spawn" characters Cogliostro, Angela, and Medieval Spawn to Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane.
In June 2004, the eight-issue limited series Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman concluded.
In 2005, Neil Gaiman published the novel Anansi Boys.
In August 2006, Neil Gaiman's The Eternals, a seven-issue limited series, began publication.
In March 2007, the seven-issue limited series The Eternals by Neil Gaiman concluded.
In August 2007, the film adaptation of "Stardust" premiered. It stars Charlie Cox, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Mark Strong, and was directed by Matthew Vaughn.
In 2007, Neil Gaiman announced that after ten years in development, the feature film of "Death: The High Cost of Living" would finally begin production, with Gaiman directing a screenplay he wrote for Warner Independent.
On October 5, 2008, Neil Gaiman read his poem "Blueberry Girl" aloud at the Sundance Kabuki Theater during his book tour for The Graveyard Book.
In 2008, Neil Gaiman joined Twitter, expanding his online presence.
In late January 2009, "The Graveyard Book" had been on The New York Times Bestseller children's list for fifteen weeks.
On February 6, 2009, the stop-motion version of "Coraline" was released. It was directed by Henry Selick and featured the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher.
In March 2009, Neil Gaiman's poem "Blueberry Girl", illustrated by Charles Vess, was published as a book.
In 2009, Marvel Comics purchased the rights to Marvelman from original creator Mick Anglo.
In 2009, Neil Gaiman wrote a two-part Batman story for DC Comics titled "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"
In 2009, it was announced that Neil Gaiman's Newbery Medal winning book "The Graveyard Book" would be made into a movie, with Ron Howard as the director.
Shooting began in August 2010 for Neil Gaiman's episode of Doctor Who, originally titled "The House of Nothing", which was eventually transmitted as "The Doctor's Wife".
In September 2010, a judge gave Todd McFarlane until the beginning of the month to settle the matter of Spawn characters Dark Ages Spawn, Domina, and Tiffany, which Neil Gaiman claimed were derivative of the characters they co-created.
In December 2010, Neil Gaiman co-wrote Action Comics #894 with Paul Cornell, featuring an appearance by Death.
By 2010, it was reported that the film adaptation of "Death: The High Cost of Living" was no longer in production.
In 2010, Neil Gaiman won the Carnegie Medal himself, considering it the most important literary award.
On November 20, 2011, Neil Gaiman appeared as himself on "The Simpsons" episode "The Book Job".
In 2011, Terry Pratchett commented that while Good Omens was a collaborative effort, he did a larger portion of the writing and editing due to Neil Gaiman's involvement with Sandman.
In 2012, Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who episode, "The Doctor's Wife", won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).
In March 2013, a six-part radio play of Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" was broadcast, adapted by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, featuring James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Bernard Cribbens, and Johnny Vegas.
On May 11, 2013, Neil Gaiman's second Doctor Who episode, titled "Nightmare in Silver", was broadcast.
In October 2013, DC Comics released The Sandman: Overture with art by J. H. Williams III.
In 2013, Neil Gaiman published the novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
In 2013, Neil Gaiman was named co-chair of the newly formed advisory board for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, where he was already a board member.
In 2013, Neil Gaiman was recognized by IGN as one of "The Best Tweeters in Comics" for his engaging posts.
In September 2014, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett joined forces with BBC Radio 4 to make the first-ever dramatisation of their co-penned novel "Good Omens".
In 2015, Neil Gaiman delivered a 100-minute lecture for the Long Now Foundation entitled "How Stories Last" about the nature of storytelling.
In 2015, Starz greenlighted a series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel "American Gods", with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green as writers and showrunners.
In September 2016, Neil Gaiman announced that he had been working for some years on retellings of Norse mythology, which would become "Norse Mythology".
In 2016, Neil Gaiman participated in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' video, "What They Took With Them", to raise awareness about the global refugee crisis.
In February 2017, Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" was released.
In April 2018, Neil Gaiman made a guest appearance on the television show "The Big Bang Theory".
On 8 August 2018, The Sandman Universe, a line of comic books published by Vertigo and overseen by Neil Gaiman, was launched.
In March 2020, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, and their son moved to New Zealand. Shortly after, their marriage collapsed, and Gaiman traveled to the Isle of Skye, violating COVID-19 lockdown rules. Gaiman later apologized for his behavior. Palmer announced their separation on Patreon.
In 2020, Neil Gaiman received a Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Hugo Award for the TV miniseries adaptation of "Good Omens", for which he wrote the screenplay.
In 2020, Neil Gaiman returned to the Whoniverse for the web series "Doctor Who: Lockdown", writing the mini-episode "Rory's Story" with Arthur Darvill reprising his role.
In 2021, Caroline Wallner, a former tenant of Neil Gaiman, alleges he demanded sexual favors in exchange for housing; Gaiman grabs her hand and placed it on his penis while his young son was asleep in the same bed. Wallner, her ex-husband, and Gaiman signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and Gaiman paid Wallner $275,000.
In 2021, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer reconciled after their initial separation.
In February 2022, Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny for Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer's child, alleges that Gaiman sexually assaulted her within hours of their first meeting.
In August 2022, Neil Gaiman made a $60,000 payment to "Claire" after she described non-consensual kissing and groping by Gaiman after meeting him at a book tour event, as alleged in 2024.
In November 2022, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer released a joint statement confirming they would be getting divorced.
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Neil Gaiman showed his support by announcing on Twitter that he would not renew contracts with Russian publishers and encouraged donations to Ukrainian refugees.
In 2023, Neil Gaiman joined over 100 other public figures in signing an open letter addressed to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, demanding the release of Russian prisoner Alexei Navalny.
In 2023, Neil Gaiman voiced Gef in the black comedy film "Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose".
In July 2024, five women accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse, interviewed on the Tortoise Media podcast "Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman".
In September 2024, Disney halted production on the film adaptation of "The Graveyard Book" due to various factors, including sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman. That same month, production on season three of "Good Omens" was put on hold.
Beginning in 2024, news outlets published sexual assault accusations against Gaiman by numerous women, affecting adaptations of his work, and one accuser sued Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer for rape and human trafficking. Gaiman denied these allegations.
In January 2025, a New York magazine cover story detailed the allegations against Neil Gaiman. Later that month, Dark Horse Comics cut ties with Gaiman, cancelling his comic adaptation of Anansi Boys. Netflix canceled "The Sandman", and Gaiman was dropped by his agent Casarotto Ramsay.
As of January 2025, the divorce negotiations between Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer had become difficult, with Palmer facing financial struggles.
In February 2025, Scarlett Pavlovich filed federal lawsuits alleging human trafficking and sexual assault, naming Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer as co-defendants. Gaiman denied the allegations, questioned the court's jurisdiction, and presented evidence suggesting the claims were false.
In early 2025, Neil Gaiman and Caroline Wallner both requested arbitration, the dispute resolution method mandated by the NDA, each accusing the other of violating the agreement.
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