Question: "The Sandman" comic book series and "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" novella are written by who?

full_context: Document 1: A Study in Emerald: "A Study in Emerald" is a short story written by British fantasy and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. The story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche transferred to the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. It won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. The title is a reference to the Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study in Scarlet". "A Study in Emerald" first appeared in the anthology "Shadows Over Baker Street", a collection of stories combining the worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. P. Lovecraft; it has subsequently been available as part of Gaiman's short story collection "Fragile Things," in the collection "New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird", and is available online. The online version takes the form of a Victorian periodical or newspaper, which includes various advertisements that reference characters such as Vlad Tepes, Victor Frankenstein, Spring Heeled Jack, and Dr. Jekyll.
Document 2: Daniel Hall: Daniel Hall is a fictional character in the "Sandman" comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. An infant for the majority of the "Sandman" series, he is the son of Hippolyta 'Lyta' Hall and Hector Hall, borne "in utero" for two years in the Dreaming. Hector Hall was a perennial DC character, son of Carter Hall (the Golden Age Hawkman), and has assumed many guises during his stay in the DC Universe, and was at one point the Sandman. Lyta was the daughter of the Golden Age Wonder Woman (later changed post-Crisis to a new "Golden Age Fury") and once a superheroine called the Fury whose powers were derived from Tisiphone. When her fellow members of Infinity, Inc. learned she was pregnant, she was forced to resign from the team. Daniel, at the end of the Sandman series, becomes the new "Dream of the Endless".
Document 3: Nagai Yume: Nagai Yume (長い夢 , lit. "Long Dream") is a short story by manga author Junji Ito, originally included in "The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection". A one-hour Japanese television drama adaptation was broadcast in 2000. The adaptation was directed by Higuchinsky, whose film adaptation of Ito's Uzumaki had been released earlier the same year.
Document 4: Destiny (DC Comics): Destiny is a DC Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Bernie Wrightson, first appearing in "Weird Mystery Tales" #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series for the first fourteen issues, after which he hosted "Secrets of Haunted House". He is one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series, "The Sandman". In "The Sandman Special" #1, he was also referred to by his Greek name, Potmos. In 1997, he starred in an eponymous three-issue limited series written by Alisa Kwitney.
Document 5: The Sandman (Vertigo): The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean. Beginning with issue No. 47, it was placed under the Vertigo imprint. It tells the story of Dream of the Endless, who rules over the world of dreams. The original series ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996.
Document 6: List of The Sandman characters: This is a list of characters appearing in "The Sandman" comic book, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. This page discusses not only events which occur in "The Sandman" (1989–94), but also some occurring in spinoffs of "The Sandman" (such as "The Dreaming" [1996–2001] and "Lucifer" [1999–2007]) and in earlier stories that "The Sandman" was based on. These stories occur in the DC Universe, but are generally tangential to the mainstream DC stories.
Document 7: Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter: Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter is a collection of historical mystery fantasy short stories by Richard Parks, the first volume in a series featuring his sword and sorcery character Yamada no Goji. It was first published in simultaneous trade paperback and ebook form by Prime Books in January 2013.
Document 8: Neil Gaiman: Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman ( ; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 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". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, "The Graveyard Book" (2008). In 2013, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Document 9: The Sandman: The Dream Hunters: "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" is a novella by English author Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. The story is tangential to "The Sandman" comic book series, and can be read without prior knowledge of the main sequence. It won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. The story deals with a love affair between a Buddhist monk and a fox spirit or kitsune.
Document 10: Dream (comics): Dream is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics' imprint Vertigo. The character is the protagonist of the comic book series "The Sandman", written by Neil Gaiman. One of the seven Endless, inconceivably powerful beings older and greater than gods, Dream is both lord and personification of all dreams and stories, all that is not in reality (which, in turn, Dream may define by his existence). He has taken many names, including Morpheus and Oneiros, and his appearance can change depending on the person who is seeing him. Dream was named the sixth-greatest comic book character by "Empire Magazine". He was also named fifteenth in IGN's 100 Top Comic Book Heroes list.
Document 11: Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sandman Mystery Theatre is a comic book series published by Vertigo, the mature-readers imprint of DC Comics. It ran for 70 issues between 1993 and 1999 and retells the adventures of the Sandman, a vigilante whose main weapon is a gun that fires sleeping gas, originally created by DC in the Golden Age of Comic Books. In a similar vein to Batman, the Sandman possesses no superhuman powers and relies on his detective skills and inventions.
Document 12: The Sandman (2000 film): The Sandman is a 2000 dance film made by the Brothers Quay and William Tuckett. A televised ballet, it starsTamara Rojo, Irek Mukhamedov, Zenaida Yanowsky, and Heathcote Williams. It is loosely based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Sandman".
Document 13: Sandman Midnight Theatre: Sandman Midnight Theatre is the title of a one-shot comic book in which two DC comics characters called the Sandman — Dream and Wesley Dodds — encounter each other. "Sandman Midnight Theatre" was co-written by "Sandman Mystery Theatre" author Matt Wagner (co-plot) and "The Sandman" author Neil Gaiman (co-plot/script), and featured painted artwork by Teddy Kristiansen and lettering by Todd Klein. It received the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Original Graphic Novel/Album for 1996.
Document 14: Endless (comics): The Endless (Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium) are a group of fictional beings appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo. The characters embody powerful forces or aspects of the universe in the comic book series "The Sandman", by Neil Gaiman. They have existed since the dawn of time and are thought to be among the most powerful beings in the universe. They are distinct from and supposedly more powerful than most gods. Dream is the protagonist of "The Sandman" series, but all of the Endless play major roles.
Document 15: Dreamland Japan: Dreamland Japan is a 1996 book by Frederik L. Schodt published by Stone Bridge Press that was intended as a "sequel" to Schodt's 1983 book "Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics". It includes information on several major manga magazines (including eight full-color pages of magazine covers) and manga writers and artists, including many who are little-known outside Japan. The book also includes an extensive chapter on manga "god" Osamu Tezuka and information on developments in manga that took place since the publication of "Manga! Manga!", such as the use of manga as propaganda by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, the evolution of "otaku" culture, and the role of computers in manga creation.
ground_truth: Neil Gaiman