Demon Artists

In the world of demons only one name needs to be mentioned. Clive Barker.

Clive Barker was born near Penny Lanes, Liverpool in 1952. He entered Liverpool University to study English Literature and Philosophy. At twenty-one he moved to London and set up a theater company to perform the plays that he was creating at the time. Some of his literary work include; History of the Devil, Frankenstein in Love and a few others. He turned to short fiction in his late twenties. He began to find an audience. Soon enough he was getting so big many of his books were finding their ways into translation and now appear in many different languages.

In 1987 he decided to direct something himself. The result was Hellraiser which spun off into the making of comic books and three movie sequels, Hellraiser 2, Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth and Hellbound Hellraiser 4. He wrote a children's fable called The Thief of Always. His most recent film project was Lord of Illusions, which he wrote, directed and co-produced. Although Clive Barker has been a part of so many wonderful experiences through his art his first love remains books. His literary influences include the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Herman Melville, William Blake, Will Burroughs, Arthur Machen and both the old and new testaments.

Clive Barker was quoted as saying, "I've pointed out many times that we spend one-third of our lives asleep. During the adventure of dreaming, we are making both private investigations into our hopes and fears and also swimming into the dream pool, which we share with the rest of our species. I hope that the fiction I write will empower us to both comprehend our secret dream selves and understand the profound intimacy we share with every other human being."