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Neil Gaiman is a British writer and long-time friend of Terry Pratchett, whom he first met when interviewing him about The Colour of Magic for Star Voyager magazine in 1980s. Neil made his name in comics first, most notably as the writer of The Sandman series for Dark Horse (an imprint of DC Comics). He later became known as an author, collaborating with Pratchett on Good Omens before going on to write a number of hit fantasy novels for adults and children, including American Gods, Coraline and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Many of his works have been adapted for television, and he is the showrunner and head writer for the Amazon Prime/BBC adaptation of Good Omens.

Books

To keep this article a reasonable length (and relevant for this wiki), we've only included Gaiman's novels and short story collections. For a complete list including his comics and books for younger children, see his Wikipedia bibliography.

Title	Publication Date	Series	Series #	Wikipedia link	Notes
Good Omens	1990-05-10			Good Omens	Co-authored with Terry Pratchett; see also Good Omens at the L-Space wiki.
Angels & Visitations	1993	Short fiction	1	Angels & Visitations
Neverwhere	1996	Neverwhere	1	Neverwhere	Based on Gaiman's BBC television series.
Smoke and Mirrors	1998	Short fiction	2	Smoke and Mirrors
Stardust	1999			Stardust	Illustrated by Charles Vess
American Gods	2001	American Gods		American Gods
Coraline	2002			Coraline
Anansi Boys	2005	American Gods		Anansi Boys	Set in the same reality at American Gods but not a sequel
Fragile Things	2006	Short fiction	3	Fragile Things
M is for Magic	2007-06-26	Children's short fiction		M is for Magic	Mostly work that appears in other collections
InterWorld	2007	InterWorld	1	InterWorld	Co-authored with Michael Reaves
The Graveyard Book	2008			The Graveyard Book
The Silver Dream	2013	InterWorld	2	The Silver Dream	Co-authored with Michael and Mallory Reaves
The Ocean at the End of the Lane	2013			The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Trigger Warning	1993	Short fiction	4	Trigger Warning
Eternity's Wheel	2015	InterWorld	3	Eternity's Wheel	Co-authored with Michael and Mallory Reaves
Norse Mythology	2017			Norse Mythology	Retellings of stories from the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda

Adaptations

Neil appears in a cameo role with Terry as a pair of policemen in the BBC Radio adpatation of Good Omens. He is also showrunner and head writer for Good Omens, the making of which was Terry's last request to Neil.

Aside from Good Omens, many of Gaiman’s own stories have been adapted for television and film, most notably Coraline, American Gods and most recently Sandman. Adaptations of Anansi Boys (related to but not a sequel to American Gods) and others are in the works.

Many of his books have been adapted for audio, most notably Neverwhere (for the BBC) and Sandman (for Audible). Note that the television series of Neverwhere is not an adaptation, but the original version, which Gaiman later adapted into a book. He narrates several of his own audiobooks, including Norse Mythology.

Podcast episodes

Neil doesn't host any podcasts, but has appeared on many - mostly radio programs which have also been released in podcast form. We’ll just include the few that are most Pratchett relevant.

As guest

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2017-10-31^[1]	Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective	“Neil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd”^[2]	acast.com
2023-03-16	The Last Word with Matt Cooper	“Neil Gaiman On Turning A Novel Into A Stage Show”^[3]	sharp-stream.com (mp3)
2023-10-24	Scriptnotes	“The One with Neil Gaiman”^[4]	libsyn.com

More to be added.

Video of Talks and Events

Neil has made many appearances talking about Terry Pratchett. These are ones for which video has been made available online.

Date	Event	Format	External link	Notes
2023-11-21	“The Worlds of Terry Pratchett”	Talk	Living Knowledge Network	Also features Rob Wilkins