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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.

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English author, film director, and visual artist

Born 5 Oct 1952

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  • Cover of: The thief of always
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    Cover of edition thiefofalwaysfab00bark Cover of edition thiefofalways0000cliv First published in 1992 — 22 editions
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  • Cover of: Books of Blood Volume One
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    Cover of edition booksofbloodvolu0000bark First published in 1985 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Clive Barker's books of blood Volume Four
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  • Cover of: Prime evil
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    Cover of edition primeevilnewstor0000unse Cover of edition primeevilnewstor00wint Cover of edition primeevil0000doug_g8v8 Cover of edition primeevilnewstor00newy Cover of edition primeevil0000doug Cover of edition primeevil0000unse First published in 1988 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Cabal
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  • Cover of: The Dark Descent
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  • Cover of: I Shudder At Your Touch: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror
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  • Cover of: Weaveworld
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    Cover of edition weaveworld0000bark First published in 1987 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The Damnation Game
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    Cover of edition damnationgame00barkrich First published in 1985 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Imajica, Book 2: The Reconciliation
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    Cover of edition imagicavol1fifth0000bark Cover of edition imagicavol2recon0000bark First published in 1995 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The inhuman condition: tales of terror
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  • Cover of: In the flesh
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  • Cover of: Imajica (The Fifth Dominion, Book 1)
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  • Cover of: Tapping the vein
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    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Revelations
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    First published in 1993 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Books of blood volume II
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    Cover of edition booksofbloodvolu00bark First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Darkness: two decades of modern horror
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    First published in 2010 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Livre de sang
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    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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English author, film director, and visual artist

Born 5 Oct 1952

Subjects

Horror tales, Fiction, horror, English Horror tales, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, American Horror tales, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Comics & graphic novels, general, Comics & graphic novels, horror, English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, general, Horror, Horror stories, Short stories, short stories, Allegories, American Erotic literature, American Fantasy fiction, American fiction (collections), 20th century, American horror tales, Angels, Assassins

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Minnesota

People

Alice, Bill Hogan, Hugh Morgan, Pan, William Harker

Time

Early 21st Century

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Alternative names

  • Barker, Clive
  • BARKER, CLIVE, 1952-

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May 5, 2025 Edited by Reporter Steven Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
October 23, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Font
October 23, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added short bio from Wikipedia
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import