Neil had selected his career as the author of the short movies of the novels, comic books, and graphic novels. He had also worked in the audio theatre, and also his work was seen in the film. Some of his work includes comic-written books such as The Sandman, and some of the novels are The Graveyard Book. For his creativity in his career, he was awarded many awards.

Early Life

He was given the name Neil Richard Gaiman. He was brought down on this earth on 10th November 1960. He was taken down in the land of Portchester, which is present in Hampshire, England. He was taken inception in a family of Polish and Jewish. He had the family origins of Eastern-European Jewish Origins. His ancestors traveled to the U.K. in the year 1914. He was hunched in the U.K. and opened many grocery stores. Then his grandfather changed their sure into Chairman to Gaiman. He had taken birth from David Bernard Gaiman and Sheila Gaiman. His father’s occupation was in his family business, and his mother was a pharmacist. He had two siblings, and they are sisters whose names are Claire and Lizzy. After he was born, the whole family shifted to West Sussex town. He had taken his primary schooling from the Church Of England. Some of his schools include Fonthill School in East Grinstead. He had done his higher studies in Ardingly College from 1970 to 1974. He was also gone to WhitgiftSchool from the year 1974 to 1977.

Career

He got his writing spirit from authors such as C.S Lewis, J.R.R Tolkein, Lewis Caroll, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan, Alan Moore, Steve Ditko, Will Eisner, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Elison, Lord Dunsany. G.K. He is the greatest fan of Monty python’s Big Red Book. When he was 13 years old, he was enchanted by the visual world in the Metal Hurlant. When he was 19 years old, he got the accomplishment to meet his favorite writer, R.A Lafferty. He encouraged him to write his own stories, but he was most influenced by the author, whose name is Roger Zelazny. He so much influenced his that he usually mentioned him in his stories. He had shown his work under the Genre of Fantasy, Horror, Science, Fiction, Dark Fantasy, comedy. His work was comprehended and is “The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens, The Ocean at the end of the lane .”He had started his work in the year 1984. The audiobooks are “The Sandman,” Stardust, Norse Mythology. He got the award for Best Writer in 1991 and Beat Writer in 1992. He had won the Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel for the Stardust, and many more prizes.

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Personal Life

He got married to Mary Mc Grath in 1985, but they parted their ways in 2007. He again got married to Amanda Palmer in the year 2011. He is the father of four children.

Net Worth

He earned about $18 million, which he gained from the books he wrote and achieved fame and money.