Clive Barker
Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the *Books of Blood*, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the *Hellraiser* and *Candyman* series. He was also the executive producer of the film *Gods and Monsters*.
Barker's paintings and illustrations have been featured in galleries in the United States as well as within his own books. He has created original characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been adapted to comics.
**Source**: Clive Barker on Wikipedia.
Books
- The Hellbound Heart 1991
- The Thief of Always 1992
- The Dark Descent 1990
- Books of Blood Volume One
- Imajica 1995
- Days of Magic, Nights of War 2003
- Prime Evil
- Cabal 1988
- Clive Barker's books of blood Volume Four 1984
- Weaveworld 2001
- The damnation game
- Darkness
- The great and secret show 1989
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser
- Mister B. Gone
- Books of blood volume II
- In the flesh 1991
- The Inhuman Condition 1987
- Clive Barker's Books of Blood 3
- I Shudder at Your Touch
- Everville 1994
- Imajica, Book 2 1995
- The Living Dead 2008
- Coldheart Canyon