Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960 is an English author of short fiction novels comic books graphic novels audio theatre and films His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust American Gods Coraline and The Graveyard Book Gaimans writing has won numerous awards including Hugo Nebula and Bram Stoker as well as the 2009 Newbery Medal and 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil Gaimanlicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia