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Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best

Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1990): Clive Barker (idea)

Dead Man's Hand (1989): Dan Spiegle Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh (colors) Carrie Spiegle (letters) Sholly Fisch (story)

Dead Things Rot (1992): Mike Mignola Mark Chiarello (colors) Mark Nelson (ink) Jade Moede (letters) Daniel G. Chichester (story)

Dear Diary (1990): Colleen Doran Jade Moede (letters) Sholly Fisch (story)

Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (1992): Paul Johnson Gaspar (letters) Malcolm Smith (story)

For My Son (1992): Frank Lovece (adaptation) Bill Koeb Phil Felix (letters)

Like Flies to Wanton Boys (1990): Scott Hampton Tracy Hampton (letters) Bunny Hampton (story)

Losing Herself in the Part (1991): Grey Morrow Tom Vincent (colors) Bill Oakley (letters) Doug Murray (story) Dwayne McDuffie (story)

Mazes of the Mind (1990): Mark Nelson Willie Schubert (letters) Mark Nelson (story)

The Girl in the Peephole (1993): Mark Hempel Mark Wheatley (colors) Mark Hempel (letters) Del Stone Jr. (story)

The Harrowing: Part 1: Resurrection (1992): Anna Miller (adaptation) Malcolm Smith (adaptation) Fred Vicarel (adaptation) Alex Ross Gaspar (letters) Clive Barker (story)

The Harrowing: Part 2: Insurrection (1992): Anna Miller (adaptation) Malcolm Smith (adaptation) Fred Vicarel (adaptation) Tristan Shane John Costanza (letters) Clive Barker (story)

Wordsworth (1993): Dave McKean Neil Gaiman (story)

Best-selling author Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, and he began his literary career writing, directing, and acting for the stage. Following the publication of his short stories The Books of Blood in 1984, Barker went on to write numerous best-selling novels, including The Great and Secret Show, Weaveworld, Imajica, The Thief of Always, Everville, Sacrament, Galilee, The Essential Clive Barker, and most recently his Hollywood ghost story, Coldheart Canyon.

October 2002 saw the publication of his latest work, the first of a quartet of books for HarperCollins Publisher / Joanna Cotler Books, entitles Abarat.

As a screenwriter, director, and film producer, he is credited with the Hellraiser and Candyman pictures, as well as Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions, and Gods and Monsters.

An accomplished painter and visual artist, Barker has had exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his partner, the photographer David Armstrong.