One of my favorite living fantasy writers is Neil Gaiman, creator of Sandman, Coraline, Neverwhere, American Gods, and countless others.  His work crosses all types of media.  In a recent speech now posted on The Guardian, he discusses the power of books, and also of the libraries that house them.

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Geoffrey Reiter

Geoffrey Reiter (Associate Editor) is Professor, Coordinator of Humanities, and Chair of Arts and Sciences at Lancaster Bible College. He holds a BA in English from Nyack College and a PhD in English from Baylor University, along with an MA in Church History from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several academic articles on genre fiction and philosophy and has also written for Christianity Today online. An author of fantasy and weird horror, his poetry and fiction have appeared in The Mythic Circle, Star*Line, Spectral Realms, and Penumbra. His collection of weird horror, The Lime Kiln and Other Enchanted Spaces, has been published by Hippocampus Press.