Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is an English author living in America who is famed for his dark, twisty short stories, his Sandman graphic novel series and several full-length novels, including American Gods and Stardust, which has been made into a movie. He also co-wrote Good Omens with Terry Pratchett. Good Omens has spawned an OFU - the Good Omens Fanfiction Summer School.

He has a website here.