Tales from the Crypt: An Interview with Neil Gaiman

When international best-selling author Neil Gaiman was inspired to write his acclaimed children's novel The Graveyard Book he had a very fixed idea of what he wanted it to be. It took twenty years for him to perfect this idea but it went on to become cited by some as the best book Neil Gaiman has ever written, which is no mean feat considering the portfolio of both critically acclaimed and best-selling work this English-born novelist has written over the past three decades. I spoke to the author upon the release of this highly-anticipated book.

Neil Gaiman is one of the most celebrated modern novelists of his generation. Beginning his career as a journalist, the first book he wrote was a biography of the rock band Duran Duran; mixing his two passions of music and writing. Gaiman's breakthrough came about upon the release of his now legendary series of graphic novels called The Sandman. From there, his fans have been lucky enough to follow a writer who experiments with a wide variety of genres, from children’s books, to graphic novels, movie screenplays, songs, novels and a constantly updated personal blog, Twitter and Facebook.