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. His work was often done collaboratively, notably with his then-wife Brynne Stephens (for numerous TV episodes in the 1980s and 1990s), and with Steve Perry, Neil Gaiman, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, and his daughter Mallory Reaves for various novels. Reaves won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series.[1]
Michael Reaves | |
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 Reaves in 1990 | |
| Born | James Michael Reaves September 14, 1950 |
| Died | March 20, 2023 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | J. Michael Reaves |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1973–2015 |
| Known for | 1980s and 1990s animated television series |
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 died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.[4]
Books
editNovels
edit| 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 | 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
edit- Darkworld Detective (1981)
- The Night People (2005)
Co-editor
edit- Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) (co-editor and contributor)
Screenwriting
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72". Multiversity Comics. 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-23.