For those curious, I ended up lending Stephanie (the future Gaiman-phile) a copy of "Neverwhere", tantalizingly mentioning that the book had been in The Great Neil's presence, though I was unable to get it signed. She's seems very excited about reading it this weekend! All in a day's work. ::grins::

::pauses, takes Coraline from shelf, squeals, and melts into a fangirlish puddle for the umpteenth time this evening::