Q:Facts: - title: neil gaiman 's voice - birth name: neil richard gaiman - birth date: 10 november 1960 - period: 1980s -- present - caption: neil gaiman , april 2013 - filename: neil_gaiman_bbc_radio4_saturday_live_12_oct_2013_b03ccvtp . flac - spouse: mary -lrb- 2011 -- present -rrb- mcgrath -lrb- 1985 -- 2007 -rrb- amanda palmer - genre: fantasy , horror , science fiction , dark fantasy - name: neil gaiman - website: module = -lcb- -lcb- listen - birth place: portchester , hampshire , england - type: speech - notableworks: '' '' american gods '' , '' stardust '' , '' the coraline '' , '' the graveyard book '' , '' sandman good omens '' , '' the ocean at the end '' of the lane '' , '' neverwhere '' , - description: from 12 october 2013 . the bbc programme '' saturday live '' , - nationality: british - occupation: novelist , graphic novelist and screenwriter - influences: douglas roger zelazny , jorge luis borges , ray bradbury , adams g. k. chesterton , james branch cabell , lord dunsany , , harlan ellison , ursula k. le guin , robert alan a. heinlein , shirley jackson , r. a. lafferty , moore c. s. lewis , terry pratchett , h. p. lovecraft , , michael moorcock , clive barker , dave sim , jack thorne smith , j. r. r. tolkien , peter s. vance beagle , gene wolfe , lewis carroll , russell payne , , dave mckean - image: kyle-cassidy-neil-gaiman-april-2013 . jpg - embed: yes Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of neil gaiman .
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neil richard mackinnon gaiman -lrb- ; born neil richard gaiman ; 10 november 1960 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .in 2013 , '' the ocean at the end of the lane '' was voted book of the year in the british national book awards .