Neil Gaiman

Neil "Neilman" Gaiman (English: Neil "Neilman" Gaiman, November 10, 1960 -) is a Jewish writer born in England. His writing fields span fantasy science fiction novels, visual literature, comics and script writing. He is ranked among the top ten postmodern writers in the Literary Biography Dictionary. His representative works include the "Sandman" comic series, the novels "Stardust" and "American Gods". and worked on the TV adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman. Gaiman has won a Hugo Award, a Nebula Award, a Bram Stoker Award, a Newbery Award, and a Carnegie Award. He is the first writer to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal for the same work, The Graveyard Book. The Ocean at the End of the Lane won the National Book Award for Best Book of the Year and was adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal Opera House in London. Since 2024, multiple news media have published sexual assault and abuse accusations against Gaiman from multiple women. One of the victims, who went by the pseudonym "Claire," spoke to the New York Times and described Gaiman kissing and touching her without consent after a promotional event. Another woman, "K", who met Gaiman at a book signing, accused him of forcing her to have unwanted sex. One of the accusers is suing Gaiman and his estranged wife, Amanda Palmer, for rape and human trafficking. The production of adaptations of many of his works was affected or halted as a result. Gaiman has denied the accusations.