Michael Reaves

James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including Gargoyles and Batman: The Animated Series. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. He often collaborated with Steve Perry, and won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series.[1]

Michael Reaves
Reaves in 1990
Born
James Michael Reaves

(1950-09-14)September 14, 1950
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
DiedMarch 20, 2023(2023-03-20) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S
Other namesJ. Michael Reaves
OccupationWriter
Years active1973–2015

Reaves had Parkinson's disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects, which included difficulty typing and loss of coherent speech.[2][3] Reaves worked extensively with co-authors between 2004 and 2015, including his daughter Mallory Reaves.

Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.[4]

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.
YearTitleCo-Author(s)SeriesNotes
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 The Shattered World
1987 Dome Steve Perry
1988 The Burning Realm The Shattered World
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

Co-Editor

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

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72". Multiversity Comics. 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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