Michael Reaves
James Michael Reaves 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, 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.
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. Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.
Books
Anthologies and collections
- Darkworld Detective
- ''The Night People''
Co-editor
Screenwriting
Animated television
Series head writer credits are denoted in boldLive-action television
- The Secrets of Isis – one episode
- Shazam! – one episode
- Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince – one episode
- The Twilight Zone – two episodes produced, and two stories
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – one episode
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story
- Monsters – four episodes
- Swamp Thing – one episode
- The Flash – one episode
- Father Dowling Mysteries – three episodes
- Young Hercules – one episode
- Sliders – one episode
- Star Trek: New Voyages – one episode