Neil Gaiman
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. Gaiman 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.
In July 2024, credible allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against Gaiman were made public in a podcast from Tortoise Media.[1] These allegations were followed by others, and by late 2024 many projects based on his work had been cancelled or being put on hold, including a Disney film version of The Graveyard Book and the third season of Good Omens. He left Good Omens in October 2024, when it was announced that it would continue without him (though using writing contributed by him) as a 90-minute telemovie. In January 2025, more details and additional allegations were reported in a Vulture article[2] which gained more public attention. This prompted Gaiman to break his silence and deny the allegations via his blog. In February 2025, one of the alleged victims, who had previously filed a police complaint, brought a lawsuit against both Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer alleging human trafficking and sexual abuse.[3]
Books
This list includes only Gaiman's novels and short story collections. For a complete list including comics and books for 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
Gaiman appears in a cameo role with Terry as a pair of policemen in the BBC Radio adaptation of Good Omens. He was also the showrunner and head writer for the first two seasons of Good Omens, the making of which was Terry's last request to Neil. He exited the show in October 2024 following the allegations against him.
Aside from Good Omens, many of Gaiman’s own stories have been adapted for television and film, most notably Coraline, American Gods’', ‘’Sandman and The Dead Boy Detectives. As of early 2025, most adaptations that were in the works had been put on hold or cancelled after the allegations against him were made public. A second season of Sandman will still be released.
Many of his books have been adapted for audio, most notably Neverwhere (for the BBC) and Sandman (for Audible). The television series of Neverwhere is the original incarnation; Gaiman later adapted it into a book. He narrates many of his own audiobooks, including Norse Mythology.
Podcast episodes
Gaiman doesn't host any podcasts, but has appeared on many. Like Terry, these are mostly podcasts of radio programmes. Given the allegations against him we won’t be looking for or adding any more, but we’ll leave the ones we already found below.
As guest
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-31[4] | Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective | “Neil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd”[5] | acast.com |
| 2019-03-28 | The Tim Ferriss Show | “Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years To Do”[6] | tim.blog |
| 2023-03-16 | The Last Word with Matt Cooper | “Neil Gaiman On Turning A Novel Into A Stage Show”[7] | sharp-stream.com (mp3) |
| 2023-10-24 | Scriptnotes | “The One with Neil Gaiman”[8] | libsyn.com |
Video of Talks and Events
Gaiman 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 |
External links
- neilgaiman.com - official website
- Neil Gaiman on Tumblr
- Neil Gaiman on the L-Space Wiki
- Neil Gaiman on Wikipedia
- Neil Gaiman on the Internet Movie Database
Footnotes
- ↑ The podcast series is Master. Tortoise also published an account of some of the subsequent allegations. Note that these reports include descriptions of sexual assault.
- ↑ The Vulture article is “There Is No Safe Word” by Lila Shaprio, published on 13 January 2025. It goes into quite a lot of detail of some of the allegations, so please go easy if you read it.
- ↑ See the Vulture article “Neil Gaiman Accused of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse in New Lawsuit” from 2 February, 2025.
- ↑ Repeated in 2019.
- ↑ This is the painting used by Pratchett as inspiration for The Wee Free Men; Gaiman talks about Terry during the episode.
- ↑ A business advice interview podcast (sorry), but around the time Gaiman had finished most of the production work on season one of Good Omens but before it had been released. Skip to 5m40s to get past the ads at the start, or to 9m35s to get straight to the interview. And to be clear, it’s host Tim Ferriss who has waited twenty years for the interview, not Gaiman.
- ↑ Also features some discussion of Good Omens.
- ↑ Primarily about a comic script for an issue of Sandman, but also features some discussion of Good Omens and Good Omens.