Michael Reaves

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]

Michael Reaves
A photograph of screenwriter Michael Reaves taken at a Star Trek Convention in 1990.
Born	James Michael Reaves (1950-09-14) September 14, 1950 San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Other names	J. Michael Reaves
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1973–2015

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 worked extensively with co-authors between 2004 and 2015, including his daughter Mallory Reaves.

Books

Novels

The following table can be sorted to show Reaves' novels in chronological order,
or arranged alphabetically by title, or by co-author, or by series.

Year	Title	Co-Author(s)	Series	Notes
1978	I, Alien			Young adult novel
1979	Dragonworld	Byron Preiss
1984	Hellstar	Steve Perry
1984	Sword of the Samurai	Steve Perry	Time Machine	Book 3 of the multi-author young adult series
1984	The Shattered World
1987	Dome	Steve Perry
1988	The Burning Realm
1989	The Omega Cage	Steve Perry
1991	Street Magic
1995	Night Hunter
1998	Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts Of Saturn	Steve Perry
1998	Voodoo Child
2001	Hell On Earth		The Trine
2001	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter		Star Wars
2004	MedStar I: Battle Surgeons	Steve Perry	Star Wars
2004	MedStar II: Jedi Healer	Steve Perry	Star Wars
2006	Mr. Twilight	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	The Trine
2007	Batman: Fear Itself	Steven-Elliot Altman
2007	Death Star	Steve Perry	Star Wars
2007	InterWorld	Neil Gaiman	InterWorld	Young adult novel
2008	Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight		Star Wars
2008	Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows		Star Wars
2009	Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars	Initial copies show only Reaves as author; this was later corrected.
2011	Shadow Games	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars
2013	The Silver Dream	Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves	InterWorld	Young adult novel
2013	The Last Jedi	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars
2015	Eternity's Wheel	Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves	InterWorld	Young adult novel

Anthologies and collections

• Darkworld Detective (1981)
• The Night People (2005)

Co-Editor

• Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) (co-editor and contributor)

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)

Screenwriting

Animated

• The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977)
• Space Sentinels (1977)
• The New Shmoo (1979)
• Blackstar (1981)
• The Smurfs (1981)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
• The Biskitts (1983)
• Pole Position (1984, story editor)
• Mighty Orbots (1984)
• Dungeons and Dragons (1984-1985)
• Challenge of the GoBots (1985)
• Star Wars: Droids (1985)
• Ewoks (1986)
• Potato Head Kids (1986)
• Teen Wolf (1986)
• The Centurions (1986)
• The Transformers (1986)
• My Little Pony (1986-1987)
• The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1987, 1990)
• Bionic Six (1987)
• Jem (1987)
• Spiral Zone (1987)
• Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987)
• Superman (1988)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988-1990)
• The New Adventures of He-Man (1990)
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
• Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990-1991)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995)
• Bobby’s World (1992)
• Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)
• Phantom 2040 (1994-1995)
• Gargoyles (1994-1996)
• Beast Machines: Transformers (1999-2000)
• Spider-Man Unlimited (1999-2001)
• Godzilla: The Series (2000)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002-2003)

Live-action

• The Secrets of Isis, one episode (1975)
• Shazam!, one episode (1976)
• The Twilight Zone, two episodes produced, and two stories (1986–89)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation, one episode (1987)
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story (1987–1988)
• 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)
• Star Trek: New Voyages, one episode (2007)

Filmography

• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
• Full Eclipse (1993)
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Michael Reaves at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Michael Reaves on IMDb