publication date: Nov 18, 2009
Neil Gaiman, commonly known as the "
rock star" of the literary world, is revealed as the winner of the
Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009. 
His book
The Graveyard Book, published by Bloomsbury, saw off
competition from five other authors including
Patrick Ness who was nominated for a second year. Ness won the prize last year with
The Knife of Never Letting Go.The Graveyard Book tells the story of
Nobody ‘Bod’ Owens, a child abandoned in a
graveyard after the vicious murder of his
parents and sister by The Man Jack.
Raised and educated by the
ghosts that live there, Bod encounters terrible and
unexpected menaces in the horror of the pit of the Sleer and the
city of Ghouls. It is in the land of the living that the
real danger lies as The Man Jack is determined to find
Bod and finish him off.
Neil Gaiman is listed as one of the
top ten living post-modern writers, and is a
prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. He is the
creator of the iconic DC comic series
The Sandman, the only comic to ever make the
New York Times Bestseller list.
His books have been
adapted for a number of successful
films, most recently the animated adventure
Coraline. His screenplay
Beowulf starred Angelina Jolie and Ray Winstone, and his book
Stardust was adapted for a film starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Neil Gaiman's prize-winning book is available from
Amazon - just click the link to order a copy:
The Graveyard Book
