Clive Barker

Novelist

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom on October 5th, 1952 and is the Novelist. At the age of 71, Clive Barker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
October 5, 1952
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Age
71 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Networth
$7.5 Million
Profession
Actor, Artist, Designer, Film Director, Film Producer, Illustrator, Novelist, Painter, Playwright, Science Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Visual Artist, Writer
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Clive Barker Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 71 years old, Clive Barker has this physical status:

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Dark brown
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Average
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Clive Barker Career

Barker is an author of horror and fantasy. He began writing horror early in his career, mostly in the form of short stories (collected in Books of Blood 1–6) and the Faustian novel The Damnation Game (1985). Later he moved toward modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with horror elements in Weaveworld (1987), The Great and Secret Show (1989), the world-spanning Imajica (1991), and Sacrament (1996).

When Books of Blood was first published in the United States in paperback, Stephen King was quoted on the book covers: "I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker." As influences on his writing, Barker lists Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, William S. Burroughs, William Blake, and Jean Cocteau, among others.

He is the writer of the best-selling Abarat series.

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Has a writer ever directed an adaptation of their own novel?

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2024
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Has a writer ever directed an adaptation of their own novel? Many writers have worked on screenplay adaptations of their books, but no one has directed them. There are some notable instances. Clive Barker is one of horror's most original voices. He adapted his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart for the big screen, writing and directing Hellraiser (1987), whose sadistic Cenobites are some of the most frightening pictures on film. William Peter Blatty won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for his book The Exorcist in 1974, although William Friedkin produced the film. After its success, Blatty reworked his 1966 novel Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! The Ninth Configuration, a psychological thriller that was released in 1978, has been turned into a psychological thriller. In 1980, he produced the film of the same name.
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