Did you hear they're making a Coraline movie? Teri Hatcher will voice Coraline's mother and other mother, and Coraline will be voiced by Dakota Fanning. I hope they stick to the Dave McKean visual style. Coraline was the first book Michelle and I ever read aloud to each other.
Neil Gaiman, of course, has written many fine children's books and has been blogging for a long time- he just met Sherman Alexie. That's cool, I like Alexie's stuff. Actually I have a short story anthology with both of them in it.