![]() In particular, The Graveyard Book won the 2008 Newbery Medal. Gaiman’s novels, like the Sandman series, have received a lot of praise and a number of awards. There, he wrote the Sandman comic series, which eventually became one of DC’s best selling titles and some of Gaiman’s most famous work. He began writing for comic books in the mid-1980s, and the comic book publisher DC Comics hired him to write for them in 1987. He initially pursued a career in journalism, but he also published several short stories, a biography of the band Duran Duran, and a book of quotations. Like Bod in The Graveyard Book, Gaiman was a prolific reader as a child, a habit that followed him into adulthood. ![]() For instance, one headmaster forced seven-year-old Gaiman to withdraw from school due to his father’s role as a public relations official for the local Scientologist center. When he was five, the family moved to Sussex so that Gaiman’s parents could study Scientology, but their religious affiliation caused some issues for Gaiman. ![]() Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England, and was the oldest of three children. ![]()
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