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Clive Barker is an English-born American-resident author, film director and visual artist.
1952 - Clive Barker was born 5th of October in Liverpool, England.
He studied English and philosophy at Liverpool University.
1984-1986 - Clive Barker wrote short stories (collected in Books of Blood 1 - 6).
1985 - He wrote the novel The Damnation Game.
1987 - Clive Barker moved towards epic modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with horror elements in "Weaveworld".
- He also wrote the most successful "Hellraiser".
1989 - He wrote "The Great and Secret Show".
1991 - Clive Barker wrote The world-spanning Imajica.
1993 - Barker achieved his dream of publishing his own superhero books when Marvel Comics launched the Razorline.
1995 - Barker illustrating his own paintings that can be seen on the covers of the collections of his plays, Incarnations.
1996 - Clive Barker wrote the "Sacrament'.
2006 - Barker announced that he will be writing the script to a forthcoming remake of the original Hellraiser movie.
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