Clive Barker Clive Barker is an English author, film director, video game designer, and visual artist, best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, which established him as leading young horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into motion pictures, notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series. Read More Read Less