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[[File:CliveBarker.jpg|thumb|Clive Barker in 2007 at the EMP/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle]]'''Clive Barker''' (born 1952) is a British author, now living in the USA.

Clive Barker is one of the biggest and most successful names in modern fantasy/horror fiction. His debut in the USA led master of horror Stephen King to proclaim: “I have seen the future of horror and its name is Clive Barker."<ref>http://www.clivebarker.info/newsstephenking.html</ref>

Barker has been openly gay since giving a interview in ''Advocate'' magazine in the early 1990s.<ref>http://www.filmbug.com/db/1173</ref> Born in [[Liverpool]], he now resides in Los Angeles with his parter David Armstrong, a photographer.

In 2003, Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards, presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities".<ref>http://www.glaad.org/publications/resource_doc_detail.php?id=3545 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Web Site</ref>

Barker has also been involved in producing films, most notably ''Hellraiser'' and the gay-themed ''Gods and Monsters'', for which [[Ian McKellen]] was nominated for an Academy Award.
A lifelong fan of Marvel Comics, Barker created new superheroes for a Marvel imprint in the early 1990s.

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