Michael Reaves
Michael Reaves | |
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Born |
James Michael Reaves September 14, 1950 San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
Other names | J. Michael Reaves |
Occupation | Writer |
Years active | 1973–present |
James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an American writer, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including Disney's Gargoyles and Batman: The Animated Series. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. He often collaborates with Steve Perry and won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in his work on Batman: The Animated Series.[1]
Reaves has Parkinson's Disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects.[2] Typing is now difficult for him,[3] and by his own account, he has lost the ability to speak coherently.[2] Reaves has been working extensively with co-authors since 2004.
Books
Novels
- Dragonworld (with Byron Preiss) (1979)
- Darkworld Detective (1981[4])
- Hellstar (with Steve Perry) (1984[5])
- The Shattered World (1984)
- Dome (with Steve Perry) (1987)
- The Burning Realm (1988[6])
- The Omega Cage (with Steve Perry) (1988)
- Street Magic (1991[4])
- Night Hunter (1995)
- Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts Of Saturn (with Steve Perry) (1998)
- Voodoo Child (1998)
- Hell On Earth (2001[4]) (Book I of The Trine)
- Mr. Twilight (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) (2006) (Book II of The Trine)
- Batman: Fear Itself (with Steven-Elliot Altman) (2007[7])
Star Wars
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (2001)
- Death Star (with Steve Perry) (2007)
- Shadow Games (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) (2011)
- The Last Jedi (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) (2013)
Coruscant Nights
- Jedi Twilight (2008)
- Street of Shadows (2008)
- Patterns of Force (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff)[8] (2009)
MedStar
- MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (with Steve Perry) (2004)
- MedStar II: Jedi Healer (with Steve Perry) (2004)
Young Adult
- I, Alien (1978)
- Sword of the Samurai (1984[9][10]) (part of the Time Machine series)
- InterWorld (2007[11]) (with Neil Gaiman)
- The Silver Dream (2013[12]) (with Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves)
- Eternity's Wheel (with Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves)
Anthologies and collections
- Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) (co-editor and contributor)
- The Night People (2005) (author)
Short stories
- The Breath of Dragons (1973)
- Passion Play (1974)
- The Century Feeling (November 1974)
- The Sound of Something Dying (1976)
- Amber Day (1977)
- Love Among the Symbionts (1977)
- The Big Spell and The Maltese Vulcan (1977)
- Shadetree (1978)
- Werewind (1981)
- The Tearing Of Graymare House (1983)
- The Night People (1985)
- The Way Home (with Steve Perry) (1991)
- Catspaw (1992)
- Elvis Meets Godzilla (1994)
- Red Clay (2001) (in The Children of Cthulhu)
- House Of The Vampire (2003)
- The Adventure Of The Arab's Manuscript (2003) (in Shadows Over Baker Street)
- Keep Coming Back (2003)
- The Legend Of The Midnight Cruiser (2003)
- Undeadsville (2004)
- Spider Dream (2005) (in Lost on the Darkside)
Television
Animated
- Batman Beyond
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Blackstar
- Centurions
- Conan and the Young Warriors
- Dragon's Blood
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Gargoyles
- Godzilla: The Series
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
- Invasion America
- My Little Pony
- The New Adventures of He-Man
- Peter Pan and the Pirates
- The Real Ghostbusters
- The Smurfs
- Space Sentinels
- Spider-Man Unlimited
- Spiral Zone
- Star Wars: Droids
- Star Wars: Ewoks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Transformers
Live-action
- The Secrets of Isis, one episode (1975)
- Shazam!, one episode (1976)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, story (1977)
- The Twilight Zone, two episodes produced, and two stories (1986–89)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation, one episode (1987)
- Pandora, pilot script(1987)
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story (1987–1988)
- Star Runners, pilot episode (1988)
- Monsters, four episodes (1988–1990)
- Swamp Thing, one episode (1990)
- The Flash, one episode (1990)
- Father Dowling Mysteries, three episodes (1990–1991)
- Young Hercules, one episode (1999)
- Sliders, one episode (1999)
References
- ↑ "Lucci Loses Emmy for 14th Time : Television: She's beat out of best actress honors by 'Another World's' Linda Dano. CBS' 'Young and Restless' wins the best drama series award". Los Angeles Times. 28 May 1993. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- 1 2 http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/
- ↑ http://mousecircus.com/bookdetails.aspx?BookID=22
- 1 2 3 Michael Reaves Books
- ↑ Amazon.com: Hellstar: Michael Reaves, S. Perry: Books
- ↑ Amazon.com: Burning Realm: Michael Reaves: Books
- ↑ Amazon.com: Batman: Fear Itself: Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman: Books
- ↑ Initial copies show only Reaves as author; this was later corrected.
- ↑ Amazon.com: LA Maquina Del Tiempo: LA Espada Del Samurai/Time Machine : Sword of the Samurai: Michael Reaves, Steve Perry: Books
- ↑ Amazon.com: Sword of the Samurai (Time Machine, Book 3): Michael Reaves, Steve Perry, Steve Leialoha: Books
- ↑ Amazon.com: InterWorld: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves: Books
- ↑ "The Silver Dream (InterWorld novel) by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves synopsis and cover art revealed!)".
External links
- Michael Reaves at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Michael Reaves at the Internet Movie Database