Barker, Clive
Currently alive, at 55 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Authors, Director
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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The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman and Malcolm Jones III and Mike Dringenberg and Michael Zulli and Clive Barker (Paperback - Sep 1, 1991) The immense popularity of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is due in large part to the development of his characters. InThe Doll's House, the second book of the Sandman magnum opus, Gaiman continues to...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3 by Clive Barker (Paperback - Oct 1, 1998) "Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red." For those who only know Clive Barker through his long multigenre novels, this one-volume edition of theBooks of Bloodis a welcome... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Imajica: Featuring New Illustrations and an Appendix by Clive Barker (Paperback - Aug 1, 2002) From master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passion—complete with new illustrations and a new Appendix.Imajicais an epic beyond compare: vast in... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (Hardcover - Oct 30, 2007) Mister B. Gone marks the long-awaited return of Clive Barker, the great master of the macabre, to the classic horror story. This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks directly to his...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Abarat (Paperback - Sep 1, 2004) InAbarat, accomplished novelist and artist Clive Barker turns his considerable talents to creating a rich fantasy world for young adults.Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota,... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Dark Descent by Clive Barker and Ray Bradbury and John Collier and Shirley Jackson and Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback - Jan 15, 1997) If you could have only one anthology of dark stories, this would be the one to have. Having observed that "fans of horror fiction most often restrict their reading to books and stories given a horror... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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