
Gaiman describes his early writing: "I was very, very good at taking a voice that already existed and parodying or pastiching it." Violent Cases was the first of many collaborations with artist Dave McKean. His first book was a Duran Duran biography that took him three months to write, and his second was a biography of Douglas Adams, Don't Panic: The Official Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion. Gaiman began his writing career in England as a journalist. I discovered that librarians actually want to help you: they taught me about interlibrary loans." Early Writing Career I was the sort of kid who devoured books, and my happiest times as a boy were when I persuaded my parents to drop me off in the local library on their way to work, and I spent the day there. A self-described "feral child who was raised in libraries," Gaiman credits librarians with fostering a life-long love of reading: "I wouldn't be who I am without libraries.

Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K.

As a child he discovered his love of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C.S. Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis.
