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The Graveyard Book is a young adult novel written by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America in 2008. The Graveyard Book traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens, who is adopted and reared by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered.
It was built on land donated by Lucas Sullivant on River Street near Souder Avenue in 1799. Many of the early settlers of Franklinton and Columbus were buried there. [1] The 11.5-acre (4.7 ha) [2] North Graveyard followed in 1812, and the 11.25-acre (4.55 ha) East Graveyard in 1841. [3]
Neil Richard Gaiman [4] was born on 10 November 1960 [5] in Portchester, Hampshire. [6] Gaiman's family is of Polish-Jewish and other Ashkenazi origins. [7] His great-grandfather emigrated to England from Antwerp before 1914 [8] and his grandfather settled in Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores, changing the family name from Chaiman to Gaiman. [9]
Published in 2008, “The Graveyard Book” follows a young boy who is raised by graveyard ghosts following his family’s murder. The film adaptation had not yet entered pre-production and did ...
The cemetery was established in part to replace the old St. Patrick's Cemetery, which was located in downtown Columbus and had become encircled by the city's growth. [4] A plot of just over 25 acres (10 ha) of land, outside the city's original limits, was purchased in 1865 by John F. Zimmer in trust for the Diocese of Columbus, and burials on the site also began that year. [1]
M Is for Magic is a collection of child-friendly short fiction by Neil Gaiman.. The stories and poems were selected from previously published works, [1] with the exception of "The Witch's Headstone", which is an excerpt from the later-published novel, The Graveyard Book.
Battelle Hall (originally known as the Ohio Center) is a 6,864 seat multi-purpose exhibit hall located in Columbus, Ohio, part of the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction. [1] He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002 and for the Munsey Award in 2019–2022.