Author Neil Gaiman speaks onstage at Chuck Lorre: In Conversation With Neil Gaiman during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at The Long Center in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 2013.
Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline and most recently The Ocean At the End of the Lane, grew up in a Scientologist household. His father was the British spokesperson for the organization and his sisters and ex-wife are reportedly all members. While some speculated that his latest book explores his past in Scientology, Gaiman firmly denies being a Scientologist. In an interview with The Big Issue, Gaiman said, “I think there are about three mad people [saying that], only they keep repeating the same things. And then you get other people come in and say, ‘This isn’t actually true’ and they never reply, just go elsewhere. Bonkers people.”