Michael Reaves

Michael Reaves
Born	James Michael Reaves (1950-09-14) September 14, 1950 (age 62) San Bernardino, California, USA
Nationality	American
Other names	J. Michael Reaves
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1973-present
Children	Mallory Reaves Dashiell Reaves Alexander Reaves

James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an American writer, known for his contributions as producer and story editor to a number of 1980's 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.

He suffers from Parkinson's Disease, and currently maintains a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects.^[1]

In 1993 he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in his work on Batman: The Animated Series

Books

Novels

Dragonworld (with Byron Preiss) (1979)
Darkworld Detective (1981^[2])
Hellstar (with Steve Perry) (1984^[3])
The Shattered World (1984)
Dome (with Steve Perry) (1987)
The Burning Realm (1988^[4])
The Omega Cage (with Steve Perry) (1988)
Street Magic (1991^[2])
Night Hunter (1995)
Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts Of Saturn (with Steve Perry) (1998)
Voodoo Child (1998)
Hell On Earth (2001^[2]) (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^[5])

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)^[6] (2009)

MedStar Duology

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^[7]^[8]) (part of the Time Machine series)
InterWorld (2007^[9]) (with Neil Gaiman)
The Silver Dream (2013^[10]) (with Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves)

Anthologies and collections

Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) (co-editor and contributor)
The Night People (2005) (author)

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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)

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Television

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)