Oct. 5, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Author, screenwriter, playwright, artist Clive Barker is born in Liverpool, England in 1952. / Illustration by Alexander Dellosa.

Author, screenwriter, playwright, artist Clive Barker is born in Liverpool, England in 1952. Barker’s novels include The Damnation Game and short story collection Books of Blood, with many of his tales becoming films, including The Hellraiser series.  His plays include Incarnations: Three Plays and his work as an illustrator includes art book Clive Barker, Illustrator.