If you like clive barker or stephanie pullman you should prolly like anne rice....
least that is what the literature map indicates:
check this out:
http://www.literature-map.com/
type in name of author u are thinking of and u will see a map appear of writers considered similar.....I have found this to be a great help when i need to find a new author or someone recommends an author to me...i look and sew where authors i like fall in with the one recommened...Its not failsafe....by any means...but can give u a little help in discovering different writers.