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Clive Barker

Clive Barker is a man of astonishing creativity - author, artist and film-maker; he has taken the worlds of the fantastique and horror and made them his own.

Born in Liverpool in 1952, Clive studied English and Philosophy at Liverpool University before moving to London. Eight years ago, he was still a struggling artist and playwright, mounting his own fringe plays. But at the same time he was also writing short stories. These were to be collected together and were published in six volumes, The Books of Blood. The initial publication was low key, but The Books of Blood. nevertheless built up a huge readership through word-of-mouth. Clive...

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Books
Absolute Midnight Absolute Midnight
The Abarat: a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-...
Weaveworld Weaveworld
WEAVEWORLD is an epic adventure of the imagination. It begins with a...
Mister B. Gone Mister B. Gone
This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks...

Interview

We talk to Clive about Galilee, and the importance of the imagination in his books.

Galilee is a powerful book about dynastic feuding into which Clive has created his own characteristic mythological twist.

The press have often tried to label you as simply a horror writer. But your books have a great range. How would you best describe what you write?

I think that horror tag has slipped away actually. I think if you go back: Sacrament, Everville, The Thief of Always before there was a horror book. Do you...

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