films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust and American Gods. He lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, in an "Addams Family house". He is married to Mary T. McGrath and has two daughters, Holly and Maddy, and a son, Michael. Gaiman received a World Fantasy Award for short fiction in 1991 for the Sandman issue, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (see Dream Country). (Due to a subsequent rules change disqualifying comics for that category, Gaiman is the only writer to win ...