Who doesn't know Neil Gaiman as one of the
top 10 living post-modern writers and one
of the first writers to establish a blog Neil
Gaiman achieved cult status among his over
1.5 million followers on Twitter and 1 million
readers on his blog but we bet there are things
about Neil that you didn't know here's our
list of the top 10 facts about Neil Gaiman
that may surprise you 1 he has a writing shed
Gaiman had a gazebo built about 15 years ago
to use when writing he uses it abandons it
for a few years then rediscovers it 2 Gaiman's
novel ANANSI BOYS was written with a 100-year-old
Waterman Ideal fountain pen 3 he's a beekeeper
Gaiman began beekeeping in the Spring of 2007
4 he founded a fanzine METRO with friends
when he was a teenager Gaiman interviewed
English writer Michael Moorcock for METRO
and still remembers Moorcock's expression
when he opened the door to two 15-year-old
kids 5 in his attic Neil has an unpublished
novel he wrote when he was 21 Gaiman said
just 1 of those pages actually sounds like
him and it's the only page he'll let people
see 6 Gaiman used to be a journalist during
his time as a journalist Gaiman interviewed
Divine from Pink Flamingos British comedian
Rick Mayall Monty Python star Terry Jones
and Richard O'Brien from The Rocky Horror
Picture Show 7 he is currently married to
Amanda Palmer lead singer of the Dresden Dolls
and author of the best-selling memoir THE
ART OF ASKING their first child Anthony was
born September 16th, 2015 8 he has a huge
personal library Gaiman's Minnesota home basement
is filled with thousands of books and comic
books 9 Gaiman writes across multiple genres
from horror to fantasy science fiction to
children's literature Gaiman's work spans
it all in a variety of different formats including
comic books and graphic novels 10 he's good
friends with musician Tori Amos Gaiman has
written Amos into his novel STARDUST as a
talking tree and she has mentioned Gaiman
in several songs including Tear In Your Hand,
Space Dog, Horses, Carbon, and Sweet Dreams
Gaiman is the godfather of Amos's daughter
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