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Clive Barker


UK flag (b.1952)

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. His earlier books include The Books of Blood, Cabal, and The Hellbound Heart. In addition to his work as a novelist and playwright, he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. His films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Clive lives in Beverly Hills, California
 

Genres: Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy
 
Series
Books of Blood
   1. Books of Blood Volume 1 (1981)
   2. Books of Blood Volume 2 (1984)
   3. Books of Blood Volume 3 (1986)
   4. Books of Blood Volume 4 (1985)
     aka The Inhuman Condition
   5. Books of Blood Volume 5 (1986)
     aka In the Flesh
   6. Books of Blood Volume 6 (1985)
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Imajica
   Imajica (1991)
   1. The Fifth Dominion (1995)
   2. The Reconciliation (1995)
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Abarat
   1. Abarat (2002)
   2. Days of Magic, Nights of War (2004)
   3. Absolute Midnight (2011)
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Novels
   The Damnation Game (1984)
   Weaveworld (1987)
   Cabal (1988)
   The Thief of Always (1992)
   Sacrament (1996)
   Galilee (1998)
   Cold Heart Canyon (2001)
   Mister B. Gone (2007)
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Collections
   Lord of Illusions (1995)
   Incarnations (1995)
   Forms of Heaven (1996)
   The Essential Clive Barker (1997)
   Clive Barker's Tapping the Vein (2002)
   Clive Barker's First Tales (2013)
   Chiliad (2014)
   The Scarlet Gospels (2015)
   Tonight, Again (2015)
   Clive Barker's The Body Book (2018)
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Graphic Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Dread (1984)
   Rawhead Rex (1984)
   The Yattering and Jack (1984)
   The Last Illusion (1985)
   The Life of Death (1985)
   Revelations (1985)
   The Hellbound Heart (1986)
   The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus (2009)
   Tortured Souls (2015)
   Infernal Parade (2017)
   Hellraiser: The Toll (2018) (with Mark Alan Miller)
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Non fiction
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Omnibus editions
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Anthologies containing stories by Clive Barker
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Short stories
Animal Life
The Book of Blood (1984)
Confession of a (pornographer's) Shroud (1984)
Hell's Event (1984)
Human Remains (1984)
In the Hills, the Cities (1984)
Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament (1984)World Fantasy (nominee)
The Midnight Meat Train (1984)
New Murders in the Rue Morgue (1984)
Pig Blood Blues (1984)
Scape-Goats (1984)
Sex, Death and Starshine (1984)
The Skins of the Fathers (1984)
Son of Celluloid (1984)
The Age of Desire (1985)
Babel's Children (1985)
The Body Politic (1985)
The Book of Blood (a Postscript): On Jerusalem Street (1985)
Down, Satan! (1985)
The Forbidden (1985)
How Spoilers Bleed (1985)
In the Flesh (1985)
The Inhuman Condition (1985)
Life After Death (1985)
Lost Souls (1985)
The Madonna (1985)
Twilight at the Towers (1985)
The Hellbound Heart [short story] (1986)World Fantasy (nominee)
Coming to Grief (1988)
The Rhapsodist (1988)
The Departed (1992)
On Amen's Shore (1992)
Hermione and the Moon (1993)
Chiliad: A Meditation: Men and Sin (1997)
Chiliad: A Meditation: A Moment at the River's Heart (1997)


Awards
World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1985) : Books of Blood Volume 1
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1985) : Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1986) : Books of Blood Volume 4
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1986) : The Damnation Game
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1987) : The Hellbound Heart [short story]
Bram Stoker Best First Novel nominee (1988) : The Damnation Game
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1988) : Weaveworld
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Sacrament
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : Abarat: The First Book of Hours
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (2015) : The Scarlet Gospels


Clive Barker recommends
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Hawk Mountain (2022)
Conner Habib
"Habib's debut novel is a bleak, dark adrenaline rush."
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Darkness and Shadows (2021)
Paul Kane
"Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases eloquently turned."
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Clown in a Cornfield (2020)
(Clown in a Cornfield, book 1)
Adam Cesare
"An author who knows how to make us afraid."
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Jinxed (2018)
(Jinxed Trilogy, book 1)
Thommy Hutson
"Thommy Hutson is the ultimate authority in nostalgia-driven storytelling."
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Glimpse (2018)
Jonathan Maberry
"A waking dream, at once powerful and subtly sinister."
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The Society of Blood (2015)
(Obsidian Heart, book 2)
Mark Morris
"Mark Morris is one of the finest horror writers at work today."

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