It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, 'Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. The Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead, where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. Gaiman was born on 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire. He has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy.

His father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked in the same chain of stores his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. Gaiman's grandfather changed his original family name of Chaiman to Gaiman. His great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp, Belgium, to the UK before 1914 and his grandfather eventually settled in Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores. Gaiman's family is of Polish-Jewish and other Eastern European Jewish origins. It was later adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and the novels Stardust, Anansi Boys, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman / ˈ ɡ eɪ m ən/ (born Neil Richard Gaiman 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and a screenwriter. From the BBC programme Saturday Live, 12 October 2013.

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