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.
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Fiction, horror, Fiction, Horror tales, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Children's fiction, Comics & graphic novels, horror, English Horror tales, Space and time, fiction, American Horror tales, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, general, Good and evil, Horror stories, Juvenile fiction, Short stories, Horror comic books, strips, Space and time, Comics & graphic novels, general, Demonology, short stories, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Comic books, strips, Comic books, strips, etc.Places
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Clive Barker (1952-), Alice, Bill Hogan, David E. Armstrong, Frank Daggett, Hugh Morgan, Maddie Pace, Pan, William HarkerTime
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- OLID: OL2621804A
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- VIAF: 111746890
- Wikidata: Q298761
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- Barker, Clive
- BARKER, CLIVE, 1952-
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