About Cordell Barker Cordell Barker is an award-winning animator whose films include the critically acclaimed Strange Invaders and Runaway, as well as 2016's If I Was God. Barker lives in Winnipeg where he can be found playing tennis when not animating. Books by Cordell Barker Runaway by (author) Cordell Barker adapted by Sarah Howden The Cat Came Back by (author) Cordell Barker