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7 Things About Neil Gaiman

I love him; you love him

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Yeah, Neil Gaiman is fucking awesome. You’ve read his books; you’ve seen his television shows; you’ve watched his movies. My love for Gaiman goes beyond that page and into what he does outside of the page. His essay about libraries = eternal love.

Here are seven more things you may not know about Gaiman that will make you love him more.

1) He interviewed Stephen King

Two of my writers in the same room: the bonus you get following Gaiman’s blog. When Gaiman asked King why he would write a sequel to The Shining, King replied:

“I did it because it was such a cheesed-off thing to do….The challenge is, maybe it can be as good — or maybe it can be different. It gives you something to push up against. It’s a challenge.” — Stephen King

2) Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Margaret Attwood support trans

Another author got herself in hot water last year with her not-so-loving tweets. I couldn’t imagine a better dream team of Gaiman, King, and Attwood to draft a response.

“To that end, we say: non-binary people are non-binary, trans women are women, trans men are men, trans rights are human…