Books signed by neil gaiman biography

Tracking Information will be added with your order on abe books once available. Published by Mc Sweeney's,, San Francisco,, Dust Jacket. Original publisher's illustrated cloth, lettered yellow at the spine. Signed by the contributor, Neil Gaiman on the top of his title page in red ink. ISBN: Fine in fine dust jacket. Published by Headline Book Publishing, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. Bickman, Kelli,Gaiman, Neil. Association Member: CBA. Trade Paperback. Short tear to jacket at head of spine, at spine edge ; slight rubbing to jacket and wrappers; slight bumping to lower right corners of few leaves at rear; else a near fine copy as issued.

Signed 'K Bickman' in gold ink by Bickman on upper jacket cover. Published by Bloomsbury, First edition, first printing. Signed by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell to a publishers illustrated bookplate. A fine hardback in a like dust jacket. Published by Headline Review, London, No Jacket. A very good copy of the first paperback edition 18th printing of this collection of short stories by this popular author.

No Dust Jacket as issued. Cover: purple laminated card with silver image of a candlestick to front, colour photo image of author to rear, and white lettering to all faces; very bright and clean; no creasing to spine; few, if any, visible signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; signed by author to title page; no other markings inscriptions or book plates; would be classed as fine if not for slight darkening of page edges; overall in very good condition.

Published by Nesfa Press, Framingham, Mass, First Paperback. A very good copy of the first paperback edition 2nd printing of this collection of short stories, poetry and song lyrics, by this popular author. Cover: navy blue laminated card with colour image of a desert scene to front and spine, and blue and white lettering to all faces; very bright and clean; no creasing to spine; few visible signs of shelf wear, would be classed as fine if not for tiniest bumps to outer corners of rear.

Internally: very clean and tightly bound; signed by author to title page; no other markings inscriptions or book plates; looks unread; overall in very condition. A fine copy of the first paperback edition 1st printing of this collection of short stories by this popular author. Cover: black laminated card with colour image of a couple to front and spine, colour photo image of author to rear, and yellow and white lettering to all faces; very bright and clean; no creasing to spine; no visible signs of shelf wear.

Internally: very clean and tightly bound; signed by author to title page; no other markings inscriptions or book plates; looks unread; overall in fine condition. Black and white frontispiece. Fletcher, Jo; Gaiman, Neil introduction. First edition, stated. A limited edition-- of Signed by Fletcher, Gaiman and others. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar.

See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. Used - Hardcover Condition: Good. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Good hardcover in Very good unclipped dust jacket.

Used with tanning throughout, but no markings in text. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Signed by Other. Gaiman, Neil and Darrell Schweitzer. Published by WildSide Press, Used - Hardcover Condition: F. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by editor Darrell Schweitzer on the title page ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; p.

Used - Hardcover Condition: NF. Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. No Additional Printings Listed. Colorful, photographic textured boards and spine with wraparound image of a round green monster are all clean and bright. Book has a very slight bump at the head and tail of the spine. Monochromatic green photographic endpapers with the same monster image.

Signed by contributing author Jon Scieszka in black pen on the bottom of the table of contents. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the head of the spine - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Signed by the Author. Published by Avon Books, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ. Light gray paper over boards with lightly textured dark gray paper over spine; bronze lettering along spine. Gray illustrated DJ with white and yellow lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated In very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked, with some light bumping along head and foot of spine.

Corners remain sharp and tight. DJ is clean and in very good condition; light shelf-wear along edges. Fits snug to boards. Steven Spruill". Pages free of marks or tears throughout. Binding is strong. A signed copy in very good condition. Signed by Author s. Bickman, Kelli,Gaiman, Neil. Trade Paperback. Short tear to jacket at head of spine, at spine edge ; slight rubbing to jacket and wrappers; slight bumping to lower right corners of few leaves at rear; else a near fine copy as issued.

Signed 'K Bickman' in gold ink by Bickman on upper jacket cover. Published by London: Bloomsbury Children's Books, Used - Hardcover. From United Kingdom to U. Signed by the Author on publisher's bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Illustrated by 13 artists. Tips of a couple of pages creased, otherwise Fine. As issued without dustwrapper.

Fletcher, Jo; Gaiman, Neil introduction. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, stated. A limited edition-- of Signed by Fletcher, Gaiman and others. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Kasturi, Sandra; Gaiman, Neil Intro ;.

Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. From Canada to U. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good Condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Appears to be signed and inscribed by The Author. Pictures available upon request. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Condition: Fine. SIGNED, with no personalization or inscription, on its back endpaper by this book's designer, Chip Kidd which is appropos since his striking design of this book is an example of the "good art" Gaiman encourages.

This book is in fine condition. Its covers and pages are unmarked and unworn, "as new". No dust jacket, as published. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble cushion, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Signed by Illustrator s. Neil Gaiman. Published by HarperCollins, Used - Hardcover Condition: Good.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Good hardcover in Very good unclipped dust jacket. Used with tanning throughout, but no markings in text. Published by Image Comics, Association Member: CBA. Signed and inscribed by several of the contributors on title page see photo. Minor handling and shelf wear to binding, with light creasing to bottom corner of front panel.

Text and images unmarked. Signed by Other. Gaiman, Neil and Darrell Schweitzer. Published by WildSide Press, Used - Hardcover Condition: F. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by editor Darrell Schweitzer on the title page ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; p. Used - Hardcover Condition: NF. Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF.

No Additional Printings Listed. Colorful, photographic textured boards and spine with wraparound image of a round green monster are all clean and bright. Book has a very slight bump at the head and tail of the spine. Monochromatic green photographic endpapers with the same monster image. Signed by contributing author Jon Scieszka in black pen on the bottom of the table of contents.

Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the head of the spine - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Signed by the Author. Published by Avon Books, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ. This affected or halted production on several adaptations of his work.

Neil has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy. The Gaimans moved in 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. I would not stand up and beat the drum for the existence of God in this universe. It doesn't really matter to me. Gaiman was able to read at the age of four. He said, "I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had any particular aptitude in them, but because normally on the first day of school, they'd hand out schoolbooks, and I'd read them—which would mean that I'd know what was coming up because I'd read it.

Another work that made a particular impression was J. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings , which he got from his school library. Although they only had the first two of the novel's three volumes, Gaiman consistently checked them out and read them. He later won the school English prize and the school reading prize, enabling him to finally acquire the third volume.

Lewis 's The Chronicles of Narnia. 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. When Gaiman won the Medal himself, he said "it had to be the most important literary award there ever was" [ 15 ] and "if you can make yourself aged seven happy, you're really doing well — it's like writing a letter to yourself aged seven.

Alice was default reading to the point where I knew it by heart. In the s, he spent three years as an auditor for the Church of Scientology, an unusually high-ranking position given his age. 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 after having their first child.

Chesterton and Gene Wolfe. Lafferty , requesting advice on becoming an author and including a Lafferty pastiche he had written. Lafferty sent Gaiman an encouraging and informative letter back, along with literary advice. Gaiman has named Roger Zelazny as the author who influenced him the most. Delany and Angela Carter "furnished the inside of my mind and set me to writing".

In the early s, 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. Moore's approach to comics had such an impact on Gaiman that he later wrote "that was the final straw, what was left of my resistance crumbled.

I proceeded to make regular and frequent visits to London's Forbidden Planet shop to buy comics". In , he wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran , and co-edited Ghastly Beyond Belief , a book of quotations, with Kim Newman. Although 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. He refused the offer. He also wrote interviews and articles for many British magazines, including Knave. During this, he sometimes wrote under pseudonyms, including Gerry Musgrave, Richard Grey, and "a couple of house names". Following this, he wrote the opening of what became his collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the comic novel Good Omens , about the impending apocalypse.

After forming a friendship with Alan Moore , who taught him how to write comic scripts, [ 28 ] [ 43 ] Gaiman started writing comic books and picked up Miracleman after Moore finished his run on the series. He continued his professional relationship with Moore by contributing quotations for the supplemental materials in the Watchmen comic book series.

Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham collaborated on several issues of the series before its publisher, Eclipse Comics , collapsed, leaving the series unfinished. His first published comic strips were four short Future Shocks for AD in — The Sandman tells the tale of the ageless , anthropomorphic personification of Dream that is known by many names, including Morpheus.

The series began in January and concluded in March In the eighth issue of The Sandman , Gaiman and artist Mike Dringenberg introduced Death , the older sister of Dream, who became as popular as the series' title character. Comics historian Les Daniels called Gaiman's work "astonishing" and noted that The Sandman was "a mixture of fantasy, horror, and ironic humor such as comic books had never seen before".

An editorial decision by DC to censor Veitch's final storyline caused both Gaiman and Delano to withdraw from the title. In , Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic , a four-part mini-series that provided a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe through a frame story about an English teenager who discovers that he is destined to be the world's greatest wizard.

Bissette 's publication Taboo , was stopped when the anthology itself was discontinued. In the mids, he also created a number of new characters and a setting that was to be featured in a title published by Tekno Comix. The concepts were then altered and split between three titles set in the same continuity: Lady Justice , Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man , and Teknophage , [ 61 ] and tie-ins.

Although Gaiman's name appeared prominently as the creator of the characters, he was not involved in writing any of the above-mentioned books.

Books signed by neil gaiman biography

Kiernan , Tad Williams , and others. It was virgin territory. When I was working on Sandman , I felt a lot of the time that I was actually picking up a machete and heading out into the jungle. I got to write in places and do things that nobody had ever done before. When I'm writing novels I'm painfully aware that I'm working in a medium that people have been writing absolutely jaw-droppingly brilliant things for, you know, three-four thousand years now.

You know, you can go back. We have things like The Golden Ass. And you go, well, I don't know that I'm as good as that and that's two and a half thousand years old. But with comics I felt like — I can do stuff nobody has ever done. I can do stuff nobody has ever thought of. And I could and it was enormously fun. Gaiman wrote two series for Marvel Comics.

Marvel was an eight-issue limited series published from November to June with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove. Williams III. Gaiman oversaw The Sandman Universe , a line of comic books published by Vertigo. The line launched on 8 August After teaming with Colleen Doran for a series of graphic novel adaptations based on his short stories "Troll Bridge", "Chivalry", and "Snow, Glass, Apples", Gaiman and the Terry Pratchett estate chose Doran to adapt Good Omens into graphic novel form, and to self publish the work via the Pratchett estate's Dunmanifestin label.

It was financed on Kickstarter where it became a record-setter in less than a week as the top fan-supported and top-earning comics project in the history of the platform. In a collaboration with author Terry Pratchett , best known for his series of Discworld novels, Gaiman's first novel Good Omens was published in In , Pratchett said that while the entire novel was a collaborative effort and most of the ideas could be credited to both of them, Pratchett did a larger portion of writing and editing if for no other reason than Gaiman's scheduled involvement with Sandman.

The novelisation of Gaiman's teleplay for the BBC mini-series Neverwhere was his first solo novel. The novel was released in tandem with the television series, though it presents some notable differences from the television series. Gaiman has since revised the novel twice, the first time for an American audience unfamiliar with the London Underground , the second time because he felt unsatisfied with the originals.

In , the first printings of his fantasy novel Stardust were released. The novel has been released both as a standard novel and in an illustrated text edition. American Gods became one of Gaiman's best-selling and multi-award-winning novels upon its release in A glimpse at Shadow's travels in Europe is found in a short story which finds him in Scotland, applying the same concepts developed in American Gods to the story of Beowulf.

The novel Anansi Boys deals with Anansi 'Mr. Nancy' , tracing the relationship of his two sons, one semi-divine and the other an unassuming bookkeeper, as they explore their common heritage. In , Gaiman entered the world of children's books with the dark fairy tale Coraline. In he released a young adult novel , The Graveyard Book. It follows the adventures of a boy named Bod after his family is murdered and he is left to be brought up by a graveyard.

In September , Neil Gaiman announced that he had been working for some years on retellings of Norse mythology. Several of his novels have been published as paperbacks with retro covers by artist Robert McGinnis. Gaiman wrote the BBC dark fantasy television series Neverwhere. In addition, he wrote the localised English language script for the anime movie Princess Mononoke , based on a translation of the Japanese script.

After his disappointment with the production limitations of Neverwhere , Gaiman asked his agent to pull him out of an unnamed UK television series that was to begin production immediately afterwards. He co-wrote the script for Robert Zemeckis 's Beowulf with Roger Avary , a collaboration that has proved productive for both writers. He was the only person other than J.

Michael Straczynski to write a Babylon 5 script in the series' last three seasons, contributing to the season five episode " Day of the Dead ". Gaiman has also written at least three drafts of a screenplay adaptation of Nicholson Baker 's novel The Fermata for director Robert Zemeckis , [ ] [ ] although the project was stalled while Zemeckis made The Polar Express and the Gaiman- Roger Avary -penned Beowulf film.

A stop-motion version of Coraline was released on 6 February , directed by Henry Selick and starring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher. In , Gaiman announced that after ten years in development, the feature film of Death: The High Cost of Living would finally begin production with a screenplay by Gaiman that he would direct for Warner Independent.

Gaiman said that he agreed to direct the film "with the carrot dangled in front of me that I could direct it. And we'll see if that happens, and if I'm a good director or not. Seeing Ear Theatre performed two of Gaiman's audio theatre plays, " Snow, Glass, Apples ", Gaiman's retelling of Snow White , and " Murder Mysteries ", a story of heaven before the Fall in which the first crime is committed.

Both audio plays were published in the collection Smoke and Mirrors in Gaiman wrote an episode of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who , broadcast in during Matt Smith 's second series as the Doctor. Also in , it was announced that Gaiman would be writing the script to a new film version of Journey to the West. In , Starz greenlighted a series adaptation of Gaiman's novel American Gods.

Bryan Fuller and Michael Green wrote and were showrunners for the series. In September , Gaiman and Terry Pratchett joined forces with BBC Radio 4 to make the first-ever dramatisation of their co-penned novel Good Omens , which was broadcast in December in five half-hour episodes and culminated in an hour-long final apocalyptic showdown.

Gaiman frequently performs public readings from his stories and poetry, and has toured with his wife, musician Amanda Palmer. In some of these performances he has also sung songs, in "a novelist's version of singing", [ ] despite having "no kind of singing voice". In , Gaiman delivered a minute lecture for the Long Now Foundation entitled How Stories Last about the nature of storytelling and how stories persist in human culture.

In issue No. Prior to this issue, Spawn was an assassin who worked for the government and came back as a reluctant agent of Hell but had no real direction in his actions. In Angela, a cruel and malicious angel, Gaiman introduced a character who threatened Spawn's existence, as well as providing a moral opposite. Cogliostro was introduced as a mentor character for exposition and instruction, providing guidance.

Medieval Spawn introduced a history and precedent that not all Spawns were self-serving or evil, giving additional character development to Malebolgia , the demon that creates Hellspawn. As intended, all three characters were used repeatedly throughout the next decade by Todd McFarlane within the wider Spawn universe. McFarlane initially agreed that Gaiman had not signed away any rights to the characters, and negotiated with Gaiman to effectively "swap" McFarlane's interest in the character Marvelman.

McFarlane later changed his initial position, claiming that Gaiman's work had only been work-for-hire and that McFarlane owned all of Gaiman's creations entirely. The presiding judge, however, ruled against their agreement being work for hire, based in large part on the legal requirement that "copyright assignments must be in writing. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling in February [ ] granting joint ownership of the characters to Gaiman and McFarlane.

On the specific issue of Cogliostro, presiding Judge John C. Shabaz proclaimed, "The expressive work that is the comic-book character Count Nicholas Cogliostro was the joint work of Gaiman and McFarlane—their contributions strike us as quite equal—and both are entitled to ownership of the copyright". 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 in to help fund this project [ ] and all of Gaiman's profits for the original issues of the series were donated to Marvels and Miracles. Gaiman returned to court again over the Spawn characters Dark Ages Spawn , Domina , and Tiffany , claiming that they were "derivative of the three he co-created with McFarlane.

Gaiman moved near Menomonie, Wisconsin , in to be closer to the family of his then-wife, Mary McGrath, with whom he has three children. Gaiman, Palmer and their son moved to New Zealand in March