You’ve probably heard about this new Coraline movie coming out, perhaps? It’s the one that looks provocative, yet somewhat nauseatingly creepy. Yeah, that’s the one. It’s the movie that’s based on a novella written by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman. You probably didn’t know that, because the commercials for the movie never even mention Neil Gaiman. I think that’s a shame, honestly, despite whatever reasons there may be for not mentioning the person who wrote the story in the commercial for the movie. Maybe he opted out of that sort of thing. I’m sure his name will be in the credits, somewhere. I mean, he only won a Nebula AND a Hugo award in 2003 for the story, so it’s not like he’s already accomplished anything with it.

In any case, here’s more reason his name needs to be attached more often to the project. It appears as though Neil has just received the Newbery Medal for his recent children’s book, The Graveyard Book, and from what I hear, it is a well-deserved award, indeed.

So, there you have it. There’s a reason (among several more, actually) that Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. One of the other reasons is Neverwhere, but that’s for another post at another time.