Neil Gaiman Wins the Newbery!!!

[chomiji]

Author Neil Gaiman Wins Newbery Medal

Versatile author Neil Gaiman has won the most prestigious writing award in American children's literature for "The Graveyard Book," the story of an orphan raised by ghosts.

The English novelist, graphic novelist and screenwriter now lives in Minnesota, apparently making him eligible -- unlike, say, J.K. Rowling -- for the American Library Association-sponsored Newbery Medal ... .

- The Washington Post

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[dana1witch.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm happy for him.

Gaiman's Newbery

[chomiji]

I was completely chuffed ... he's so friendly and kind on his blog that when he gets an honor, it always feels like something good has happened to a friend!