Neil Richard Gaiman is an English author known for books such as Coraline. He was born in 1960 in England and has won numerous awards for his writing. Some of his most notable works include Coraline, a dark fantasy novel about a girl who discovers a secret door leading to a parallel world. The book was later adapted into an animated film in 2009. Gaiman began his career as a journalist in England and has since become one of the most popular writers, with over a million followers on his blog.