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An Evening with Neil Gaiman Members Pick
Phone: 435-655-3114
Email: boxoffice@ecclescenter.org
Price: $20 and up
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When a writer becomes a brand name, it's often because of becoming a powerhouse in a specific medium or sub-genre. Far rarer are cases like that of Neil Gaiman, who has become a superstar for a body of work that runs from comic books to television, from adult novels to children's books, from The New York Times best-seller list to The Simpsons. After an early career as a journalist and book critic, Gaiman broke into the pop-culture world with his work in graphic novels and comic books of the 1980s and early '90s, including Marvelman, Violent Cases and an Eisner Award-winning run on Sandman. As he made the transition to novels and works for children, he still maintained his eye for the fantastical, creating works like Stardust and Coraline which were subsequently adapted as feature films, the 2005 feature film MirrorMask, the creepy kid-lit tale The Graveyard Book and even writing for the long-running BBC series Doctor Who. Yet while Gaiman is unquestionably a writer first and foremost, that doesn't mean his public appearances are merely readings from his published work. His speaking engagements have often shown a unique side of the writer, like his inspiring keynote graduation address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in 2012. Take advantage of an opportunity to listen to this talented storyteller tell different kinds of stories than the ones you might usually associate with him. Considering the widely varying kinds of stories he's already told, that's saying something. (Scott Renshaw)
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Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
- 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City Park City & Deer Valley Utah 84060
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435-655-3114
