From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction.

The hellish landscapes of Clive Barker's imagination will make the Jericho Squad wish for death, and then realize even that would provide little relief. It's a struggle of those already doomed ...

Clive Barker is a man who always pays his artistic debts. When he was young, one of his favourite books was Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry; he had always wanted to make a Book of Hours.