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.

• Coldheart Canyon
  Coldheart Canyon 2001
• Masters of Darkness III
  Masters of Darkness III 1991
• Sacrament

  
  Sacrament 1996
• The essential Clive Barker

  
  The essential Clive Barker 1999
• Galilee
  Galilee 1998
• Books of Blood, Vol. 1

  
  Books of Blood, Vol. 1 1986
• Clive Barker's The thief of always
  Clive Barker's The thief of always 2002
• Tapping the vein
  Tapping the vein 1989