Editing Neil Gaiman (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Amanda Palmer - Arena Vienna 2011 a10 Neil Gaiman.jpg|thumb|right|Gaiman and wife [[Amanda Palmer]] in Vienna, 2011]]
Gaiman moved near [[Menomonie, Wisconsin]], in 1992 to be closer to the family of his then-wife, Mary McGrath, with whom he has three children.<ref name="Abbey"/><ref name="tg121205" /> Gaiman has also lived in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |url=https://archive.org/details/oceanatendoflane00neil |title=The Ocean at the End of the Lane |date=18 June 2013 |publisher=[[William Morrow and Company]] |isbn=978-0062255655 |page=Back Flap |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="tg121205">{{cite news | title=A writer's life: Neil Gaiman | date=12 December 2005 | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3648663/A-writers-life-Neil-Gaiman.html | first=Dina | last=Rabinovitch | author-link = Dina Rabinovitch| access-date=20 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113225058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3648663/A-writers-life-Neil-Gaiman.html |archive-date= 13 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was close friends with fellow author [[Terry Pratchett]] until the latter's death in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dougary |first=Ginny |date=2019-06-07 |title=Good Omens: Neil Gaiman reveals what he and Terry Pratchett shared |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/good-omens-neil-gaiman-reveals-what-he-and-terry-pratchett-shared-20190603-p51u1y.html |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Gaiman met [[Amanda Palmer]] in 2008,<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Lila |date=13 January 2025 |title=There Is No Safe Word |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Vulture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113110712/https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html |archive-date=13 January 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the two entered a relationship in 2009,<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=4 May 2020 |title=Amanda Palmer's Patreon Subscribes Found Out About Her Breakup Before Neil Gaiman Did |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/amanda-palmer-patreon-neil-gaiman-breakup.html |website=Vulture.com}}</ref> marrying in 2011.<ref name="Ology">{{cite web |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |title=Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Marry |url=http://www.ology.com/celebs-and-gossip/amanda-palmer-and-neil-gaiman-marry |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909065144/http://www.ology.com/celebs-and-gossip/amanda-palmer-and-neil-gaiman-marry |archive-date=9 September 2012 |access-date=4 January 2011 |work=Ology Magazine}}</ref> They have one son together.<ref name="Vulture" /> The two had an [[open marriage]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Portwood |first=Jerry |date=20 September 2012 |title=Amanda Palmer Gets Intimate |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/music/2012/09/20/amanda-palmer-neil-gaiman-open-relationship |access-date=26 November 2012 |work=out.com}}</ref> and encouraged one another to have affairs,<ref name="Vulture" /> including with fans of their work.<ref name="Vulture" /> 

Gaiman, Palmer and their son moved to [[New Zealand]] in March 2020. Weeks later, their marriage collapsed and Gaiman left the country,<ref name="Vulture" /> travelling from New Zealand to his holiday home on the [[Isle of Skye]], which broke [[COVID-19 lockdowns|COVID-19 lockdown]] rules. [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]] MP [[Ian Blackford]] described Gaiman's behaviour as unacceptable and dangerous.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2020 |title=Author's 11,000-mile lockdown trip to Scots island |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-52697289 |access-date=19 May 2020 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Gaiman published an apology on his website, saying he had endangered the local community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=19 May 2020 |title=Neil Gaiman apologises to people of Skye for breaking lockdown rules |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/19/neil-gaiman-apologises-skye-breaking-lockdown-rules-new-zealand |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> After Gaiman's departure, Palmer announced on [[Patreon]] that she and Gaiman had separated.<ref name=":3" /> Gaiman stated the split was "my fault, I'm afraid", and requested privacy. The couple later released a joint statement clarifying that they were not getting divorced,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |title=Where I am, what I'm doing, how I'm doing and how I got here |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2020/05/where-i-am-what-im-doing-how-im-doing.html |access-date=15 May 2020 |website=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref> reconciled in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2021 |title=UK author Neil Gaiman reunites with his son and Amanda Palmer in Havelock North |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300204981/uk-author-neil-gaiman-reunites-with-his-son-and-amanda-palmer-in-havelock-north}}</ref><ref name="NotDivorced">{{cite news |last1=Kiefer |first1=Halle |date=15 May 2020 |title=Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Weren't Driven to Divorce by Quarantine After All |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/neil-gaiman-and-amanda-palmer-arent-divorcing-says-gaiman.html |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> but confirmed they would divorce in a November 2022 joint statement.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=A joint statement from Amanda and me |url=https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2022/11/a-joint-statement-from-amanda-and-me.html |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=NeilGaiman.com / Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=A joint statement from me and Neil |url=http://amandapalmer.net/posts/a-joint-statement-from-me-and-neil/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=AmandaPalmer.net}}</ref>  {{As of|2025|January}}, in the fifth year of proceedings, negotiations had become "ugly", with Palmer moving in with her parents due to financial difficulties.<ref name="Vulture" />

===Blog and social media===
In February 2001, when Gaiman had completed writing ''[[American Gods]]'', his publishers set up a promotional website featuring a [[weblog]] in which Gaiman described the day-to-day process of revising, publishing, and promoting the novel. After the novel was published, the website evolved into a more general Official Neil Gaiman Website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Neil Gaiman Website |url=http://neilgaiman.com/ |access-date=26 July 2011 |work=Neilgaiman.com}}</ref> Gaiman generally posts to the blog describing the day-to-day process of being Neil Gaiman and writing, revising, publishing, or promoting whatever the current project is. He also posts reader emails and answers questions, which gives him unusually direct and immediate interaction with fans. One of his answers on why he writes the blog is "because writing is, like death, a lonely business."<ref>{{cite web |date=11 February 2008 |title=Neil Gaiman's journal, 2/11/2008 |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/02/m-is-for-mirrors-youll-stare-in-forever.html |access-date=26 July 2011 |work=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref> The original ''American Gods'' blog was extracted for publication in the [[NESFA Press]] collection of Gaiman miscellany, ''Adventures in the Dream Trade''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adventures in the Dream Trade: Table of Contents |url=http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Gaiman.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807161953/http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Gaiman.html |archive-date=7 August 2011 |access-date=23 August 2011 |work=www.nefsa.org |publisher=NEFSA Press}}</ref> To celebrate the seventh anniversary of the blog, the novel ''American Gods'' was provided free of charge online for a month.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |title=Death, and Free Revisited |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/02/death-and-free-revisited.html |date=12 February 2011 |access-date=22 August 2011 |work=Neil Gaiman Journal}}</ref>

Gaiman joined [[Twitter]] in 2008. In 2013, Gaiman was named by ''[[IGN]]'' as one of "The Best Tweeters in Comics", describing his posts as "sublime".<ref>{{cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |date=20 February 2013 |title=The Best Tweeters in Comics |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/20/the-best-tweeters-in-comics |access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref>

=== Other personal relationships ===
Gaiman is godfather to Tori Amos's daughter Tash,<ref>{{cite web |date=30 November 2004 |title=Neil Gaiman's Journal: listening to unresolving |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/11/listening-to-unresolving.asp |access-date=2 August 2010 |work=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cochrane |first1=Kira |title=Tori Amos on trauma, Trump and Neil Gaiman: 'It's a heartbreaking grief' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/03/tori-amos-on-trauma-trump-and-neil-gaiman-a-heartbreaking-grief |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=3 December 2024}}</ref> and wrote a poem called "Blueberry Girl" for Tori and Tash.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 July 2007 |title=Neil Gaiman's Journal: Blueberry Girls |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/07/blueberry-girls.html |access-date=2 August 2010 |work=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref> The poem was adapted into a book by illustrator [[Charles Vess]].<ref>{{cite web |date=6 July 2007 |title=News from Green Man Press " Blog Archive " Blueberry Wanderings |url=http://greenmanpress.com/news/archives/185 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525060731/http://greenmanpress.com/news/archives/185 |archive-date=25 May 2013 |access-date=2 August 2010 |publisher=Green Man Press}}</ref> Gaiman read the poem aloud to an audience at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco on 5 October 2008 during his book reading tour for ''The Graveyard Book''.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 October 2008 |title=Neil Gaiman's Journal: Chapter Six in San Francisco yesterday |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/10/chapter-six-in-san-francisco-yesterday.html |access-date=2 August 2010 |work=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref> It was published in March 2009 with the title ''[[Blueberry Girl]]''.

===Advocacy===
In 2016, Gaiman, as well as several celebrities, appeared in the video "What They Took With Them", from the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], to help raise awareness of the issue of global refugees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/stories/|title=2016 Stories – #WithRefugees|newspaper=Unhcr |language=en-US|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/what-they-took-with-them/|title=What They Took With Them – #WithRefugees|newspaper=Unhcr |date=7 September 2016|language=en-US|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

Gaiman is a supporter of the [[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]] and has served on its board of directors.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000152.shtml|title= Neil Gaiman Talks ''Sandman'', CBLDF on NPR |date= 19 September 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090814222141/http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000152.shtml|archive-date= 14 August 2009|url-status= dead|access-date=22 September 2008}}</ref> In 2013, Gaiman was named co-chair of the organization's newly formed advisory board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/25454/cbldf-announces-advisory-board|title=CBLDF Announces Advisory Board|website=[[ICv2]]|date=8 April 2013|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Gaiman supported Ukraine by announcing on Twitter that he does not want to renew contracts with Russian publishers.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |user=neilhimself |number=1500158016494125056 |date=5 March 2022 |title=I'm trying to find out right now what Russian contracts I control and where they are in the publishing cycle. I would not want to renew them while Putin and this administration was in power, that is for certain. |access-date=12 March 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1500158016494125056}}</ref> Gaiman also encouraged donating to Ukrainian refugees.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |user=neilhimself |number=1499366200077393927 |date=3 March 2022 |title=1 million refugees in one week. That's how many people have been forced to flee into neighbouring countries from Ukraine. If you do just one thing today, please donate to @Refugees... |access-date=12 March 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1499366200077393927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Killing, Gaiman, Evaristo: writers from around the world call for donations for Ukrainian refugees |url=https://chytomo.com/en/killing-gaiman-evaristo-writers-from-around-the-world-call-for-donations-for-ukrainian-refugees/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=chytomo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2023, Gaiman signed an open letter addressed to Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], alongside over 100 other public figures, calling for the release of Russian prisoner [[Alexei Navalny]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A letter to Vladimir Putin: Release Alexei Navalny |url=https://www.economist.com/letters/2023/04/28/a-letter-to-vladimir-putin-release-alexei-navalny |access-date=18 June 2024 |date=28 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Economist]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Free Navalny! Western public figures sign open letter demanding Alexey Navalny's immediate release |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/04/28/free-navalny-en |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Novaya Gazeta Europe |date=28 April 2023}}</ref>