Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the worldwide bestselling author of the Books of Blood, and of numerous novels including Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. In addition to his work as a novelist and short story writer, he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for the stage and screen.

Praise for Clive Barker:‘An invocation of both magic and the imagination… A majestic maze of mythmaking’WASHINGTON TIMES‘Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views’TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT‘A fabulous, engrossing war of the worlds’PEOPLE MAGAZINE‘Barker dislocates your mind’MAIL ON SUNDAY