Clive Barker
Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England in 1952. He graduated from the University of Liverpool, where he studied English and Philosophy. He works as an author, film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playwright, painter, illustrator and a visual artist. Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books. Some of his storied have been adapted into motion pictures like, The Hellbound Heart was adapted and was made into a movie called Hellraiser. When Clive Barker was four years he witnessed the French skydiver Leo Valentin plummet to his death during a performance at an air show in Liverpool. Barker would later allude to Valentin in many of his stories. Clive Barker now lives in California with his large number of dogs and exotic birds and.
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