Clive Barker
English author, film director and visual artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | (1952-10-05) 5 October 1952 (age 71) Liverpool, England |
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Genre | Horror, fantasy |
Notable awards | Inkpot Award (1991)[1] |
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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.