Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with the bestselling Books of Blood, which established him as an icon of the horror genre. His other books include Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, The Thief of Always, Abarat, and Galilee, among others. He's also worked in film as a writer, director, and producer, on such movies as Hellraiser, Nightbreed, Candyman, and The Midnight Meat Train, to name a few. He lives is Los Angeles.
