Neil Gaiman has written something sublime for every reader.

The Dictionary of Literary Biography calls Neil Gaiman one of the top ten living postmodern writers, and his lengthy canon of fine fiction and drama leaves no room for argument. Perhaps best—or at least, earliest—known for his horror-weird comic series Sandman, Gaiman has been charming and unnerving his audience since the mid 1980s. The Sandman series collected nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and three Harvey Awards. Sandman #19 became the first comic to ever win a literary award in 1991, when it brought home the World Fantasy Award for best short story.

But Gaiman’s panache doesn’t end at graphic media.

His prose work Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, spent 17 weeks on the London bestseller lists. Likewise well received were his novels Neverwhere and Stardust—which was awarded the prestigious Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999. In 2001 Gaiman’s New York Times bestselling novel American Gods earned him even greater attention and many accolades, plus Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; and his next novel Anansi Boys debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list in 2005.

In January of 2005, the Jim Henson Company production of Mirrormask debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. This sumptuous children’s fantasy was written by Gaiman and directed by his longtime collaborator Dave McKean. Gaiman also wrote the script for the Robert Zemeckis film Beowulf; and at present Gaiman’s book Coraline is being turned into a film by director Henry Selick, with music provided by the band They Might Be Giants.

Born and raised in England, Neil Gaiman now lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota.