The Books of Magic

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 55. Chapters: Neil Gaiman, Death, John Constantine, List of characters in The Books of Magic, Timothy Hunter, Zatanna, Hell, Faerie, The Books of Faerie, Molly O'Reilly, Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, Titania, Auberon, The Children's Crusade, God Save the Queen, Gemworld, Dead Boy Detectives, Sorcerers' World, The Trenchcoat Brigade, John Ney Rieber, Silver City, Manticore. Excerpt: Neil Richard Gaiman (; born 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. Gaiman's writing has won numerous awards, including Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker, as well as the 2009 Newbery Medal and 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work. Gaiman's family is of Polish and other Eastern European Jewish origins; his great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp before 1914 and his grandfather eventually settled in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores. His father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked in the same chain of stores; his mother, Sheila Gaiman (n e Goldman), was a pharmacist. He has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy. After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, Hampshire, where Neil was born in 1960, the Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town. They remained closely involved with Judaism; Gaiman's sister later said, "It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. I'd say, 'I'm a Jewish Scientologist." Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist. Gaiman was able ...