Neil Gaiman hopes to raise $1m for refugees with Dr Seuss reading

The American Gods author and UNHCR goodwill ambassador says he will give a dramatic recital of Fox in Socks if enough money is pledged

Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods and Neverwhere, has offered to stage a dramatic reading of Dr Seuss’s Fox in Socks, if fans pledge $1m (£769,000) to help refugees. The British author made the offer after accepting a previous challenge to read out the menu of a US dessert chain in exchange for $500,000-worth of pledges to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

The challenge to read the Cheesecake Factory menu was set on Friday by US comedian and author Sara Benincasa after what she described as an “inspiration blackout” following a date at the chain, and watching the new TV adaptation of American Gods.

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