A fictional character created by Clive Barker

Clive Barker

Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...

, Candy Quackenbush is a teenaged girl who is the main character and heroine of the Abarat

Abarat

Abarat is a fantasy novel written and illustrated by Clive Barker, the first in Barker's The Books of Abarat series. It is aimed primarily at young adults. The eponymous Abarat is a fictional archipelago which is the setting for the majority of the story.The title image contains an ambigram. The...

 Quintet. The circumstances of her birth are enigmatic until the end of Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War is the second book in a series of five by author Clive Barker, called The Books of Abarat. This volume contains the adventures of Candy Quackenbush an ordinary girl from Minnesota, in the strange fantasy world of Abarat...

. Her left eye is blue, and her right eye is brown, an indicator of her mysterious origins.

Family and Friends

Candy has many members in her family. Her mother, Melissa Quackenbush, is relatively sensible, sometimes even taking a stand to her abusive husband Bill, who was once handsome and friendly, but was fired from their town's chicken factory for developing a heavy drinking habit. Candy's younger brothers, Ricky and Don, take pleasure in annoying her, but miss her when she disappears entirely from their realm.