Neil Gaiman’s ‘Graveyard Book’ Wins Newbery Medal - NYTimes.com

Neil Gaiman’s ‘Graveyard Book’ Wins Newbery Medal - NYTimes.com: "Neil Gaiman, a renowned author of science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels and comics aimed at adults, won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s most outstanding contribution to children’s literature on Monday.

Mr. Gaiman, 48, won for “The Graveyard Book,” a story about a boy who is raised in a cemetery by ghosts after his family is killed in the opening pages of the novel."