Clive Barker

Clive Barker
Barker at the Science Fiction Museum in 2007
Born	(1952-10-05) 5 October 1952 (age 71) Liverpool, England
Occupation	Author film director screenwriter producer actor playwright painter illustrator visual artist game producer comic writer comic artist
Genre	Horror, fantasy
Notable awards	Inkpot Award (1991)[1]
Website
www.clivebarker.com

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952)^[2] is an English novelist who 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. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. He was also an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Barker's paintings and illustrations have been shown in galleries in the United States, and have appeared in his books. He has also created characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been featured in ongoing comics series.