Coraline is a dark fantasy children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Gaiman started writing Coraline in 1990. The titular character's name came from a typo in "Caroline". According to Gaiman, "I had typed the name Caroline, and it came out wrong. I looked at the word Coraline, and knew it was someone's name. I wanted to know what happened to her." It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick.
| Author | Neil Gaiman |
| Illustrator | Dave McKean |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), Harper Collins (US) |
About Coraline
The stop-motion dark fantasy film finds a young girl traveling into a strange and sinister parallel world. The movie is based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name
Achievement of Coraline
The movie premiered at the Portland International Film Festival in 2009. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year.
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