Someone's comment on an older post reminded me that I never posted anything about ALA in Chicago -- in JULY! Neil Gaiman was there as he was the winner of the Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book. Yes -- that is my signed copy of it to the left. I, for some stupid reason, did not realize he was going to be there until Babelbabe told me. And I had no clue he was going to be signing at the exhibits the day I went. My brother-in-law dropped me off early at the convention center (really early -- like 7:00am) and there were people waiting in line. I asked what the line was for and when they told me, I practically geeked out! I had no Gaiman works with me at all but the publisher was selling copies of The Graveyard Book, so I bought it so I'd have something for him to sign. I was something like the 10th person in a line that turned out to be very long. A woman in front of me must have brought everything Gaiman ever published for him to sign, including her 10 ton Absolute Sandman copies -- 4 volumes! I would never have lugged those around; he said he wouldn't have either as they were too heavy. That was the highlight of my Chicago visit.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Neil Gaiman and ALA
Someone's comment on an older post reminded me that I never posted anything about ALA in Chicago -- in JULY! Neil Gaiman was there as he was the winner of the Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book. Yes -- that is my signed copy of it to the left. I, for some stupid reason, did not realize he was going to be there until Babelbabe told me. And I had no clue he was going to be signing at the exhibits the day I went. My brother-in-law dropped me off early at the convention center (really early -- like 7:00am) and there were people waiting in line. I asked what the line was for and when they told me, I practically geeked out! I had no Gaiman works with me at all but the publisher was selling copies of The Graveyard Book, so I bought it so I'd have something for him to sign. I was something like the 10th person in a line that turned out to be very long. A woman in front of me must have brought everything Gaiman ever published for him to sign, including her 10 ton Absolute Sandman copies -- 4 volumes! I would never have lugged those around; he said he wouldn't have either as they were too heavy. That was the highlight of my Chicago visit.
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Neil Gaiman's international bestselling children's novel about a curious young girl who explores her new house and finds herself in a spine-tingling alternate universe.
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