Michael Reaves

Michael Reaves
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

1. "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.
2. http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/
3. http://mousecircus.com/bookdetails.aspx?BookID=22
4. Michael Reaves Books
5. Amazon.com: Hellstar: Michael Reaves, S. Perry: Books
6. Amazon.com: Burning Realm: Michael Reaves: Books
7. Amazon.com: Batman: Fear Itself: Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman: Books
8. Initial copies show only Reaves as author; this was later corrected.
9. Amazon.com: LA Maquina Del Tiempo: LA Espada Del Samurai/Time Machine : Sword of the Samurai: Michael Reaves, Steve Perry: Books
10. Amazon.com: Sword of the Samurai (Time Machine, Book 3): Michael Reaves, Steve Perry, Steve Leialoha: Books
11. Amazon.com: InterWorld: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves: Books
12. "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