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kids 5 in his attic Neil has an unpublished novel he wrote when he was 21 Gaiman said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 Tash want to know more about how Writer's

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