Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Coraline er en blanding af moderne eventyr og gåsehudsfremkaldende gyser. Bogen er stramt komponeret og fyldt med en elementær og foruroligende spænding, der river barnet med fra første side. Bogens mange betydningslag og tolkningsmuligheder har fået amerikanske kritiker og forfattere til at lovprise bogen og sammenligne den med Narnia og Alice i eventyrland.
"I think this book will nudge "Alice in Wonderland" out of its niche at last. It is the most splendid original, weird and frightening book I have ever read, and yet full of things children will love." - Diana Wynne Jones.
Pressen skrev:
»Oh, at skulle læse Coraline for første gang! … Her er en glædelig, gysende angelsaksisk fantasi om at stå på egne ben og mærke verden for fuld forældreløs styrke. Et magisk værk!«
***** - Steffen Larsen, Politiken
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