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About the Author

Neil Gaiman has written award-winning books for children and adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book and Coraline, Stardust, and Odd and the Frost Giants. His picture books include Instructions and Blueberry Girl, illustrated by Charles Vess; The Wolves in the Walls, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, and Crazy Hair, illustrated by Dave McKean; and The Dangerous Alphabet, illustrated by Gris Grimly. A baby giant panda once sat on his lap and ate bamboo in Chengdu, China.

Praise for Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch…

“The Apocalypse has never been funnier.”
-Clive Barker

“Hilariously naughty.”
-Kirkus Reviews

“Wacky and irreverent.”
-Booklist

“Fiendishly funny.”
-New Orleans Times-Picayune

“From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time.”
-Rave Reviews

“If you’ve never read [GOOD OMENS], don’t miss it now. Grade: A.”
-Rocky Mountain News

“It could be called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Armargeddon.”
-Palm Beach Post

“Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python.”
-San Francisco Chronicle

“[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs.”
-San Diego Union-Tribune

“What’s so funny about Armageddon? More than you’d think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time.”
-Detroit Free Press

“Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud.”
-San Diego Union-Tribune

“A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
-New York Times

“An utter delight—fresh, exciting, uproariously funny.”
-Poul Anderson

“Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!”
-Orlando Sentinel

“I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.:
-New York Review of Science Fiction

“A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker’s guide to the netherworld.”
-James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

“One Hell of a funny book.”
-Gene Wolfe

“Hilarious!”
-Locus

“Huge fun.”
-Sunday Express (London)

“Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended.”
-Library Journal

“Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated.”
-Washington Post