Clive Barker is the best-selling author of eighteen books, including his first book for children, The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed artist, film producer, and director. For four years Clive Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books Of Abarat, over one hundred of which can be found within the first volume.

Clive Barker lives in California with his partner, the photographer David Armstrong, and their daughter, Nicole. They share their house with four dogs, five goldfish, a parrot, fifteen rats, innumerable wild geckoes, a cockatiel, and a parrot called Malingo.

The Hellbound Heart:
20th Anniversary Edition (2007)
A novella by Clive Barker

Introduction by Peter Atkins
Introduction by Ashley Laurence
Cover and interior art by Clive Barker

SYNOPSIS: Clive Barker's classic novella that inspired the movie Hellraiser gets the deluxe treatment! For the first time since its publication 20 years ago in the collection NIGHT VISIONS 3, THE HELLBOUND HEART is released as a standalone hardcover edition.

Earthling's special edition features an introduction by Peter Atkins (writer of several Hellraiser movies), an introduction by Ashley Laurence (Kirsty of the Hellraiser movies), Barker’s early cenobite illustrations, and a new full-color cover by Barker. For horror fans who are new to this book or have read it before, this is the edition you must have.

"A mind-blowing story more literary than 99% of the genre. Who else [but Barker] could skin a man, rip another apart, sit a cenobite on top of a pile of steaming organs and make a reader marvel at the manner in which he twists the language into beautiful sentences? Earthling’s 20th Anniversary Edition includes three extras that make the book worthy of purchasing, even if the reader cut his way through the story several times. With these goodies between the gorgeously demented covers (which Barker newly designed), one might feel as if he or she found something as valuable as the Lemarchand Configuration itself, but the pleasures enjoyed will not result in eternal damnation (I think). Recommended for both readers and collectors."
— Horror World