Clive Barker is an author and a film director who is known mostly for his horror and fantasy books and films.
His work as an artist and an essayist has influenced many other films and comic books. Barker was born in Liverpool on October 5, 1952.
Barker came to fame with his Books of Blood series of horror short stories.
He has followed these up with ground-breaking and critically acclaimed works, such as The Damnation Game and Weaveworld.
More series followed, The Book of the Art and Abarat.
Imajica is a terrifying book by Clive Barker.