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J Michael Straczynski

(Joseph Michael Straczynski)

(b.1954)

Michael Straczynski is one of the most prolific and highly regarded writers currently working in the television industry. In 1995, he was selected by Newsweek magazine as one of their Fifty for the Future, described as innovators who will shape our lives as we move into the twenty-first century. His work spans every conceivable genre from historical dramas and adaptations of famous works of literature (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) to mystery series (Murder, She Wrote), cop shows (Jake and the Fatman), anthology series (The Twilight Zone), and science fiction (Babylon 5). He writes ten hours a day, seven days a week, except for his birthday, New Year's, and Christmas.

Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery

Series

Novels

   Demon Night (1988)
   Othersyde (1990)
   Tribulations (2000)
   Together We Will Go (2021)
   The Glass Box (2024)

Collections

Straczynski Unplugged (2004)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by J Michael Straczynski

Blowout in Little Man Flats (1998)
And Other Spine-Tingling Stories of Murder in the West
edited by
Martin H Greenberg and Billie Sue Mosiman

Midnight Graffiti (1992)
edited by
James Van Hise and Jessica Horsting

Shadows 6 (1983)
(Shadows, book 6)
edited by
Charles L Grant

Award nominations

1988 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : Demon Night

J Michael Straczynski recommends

Fire (1990)
Alan Rodgers
"Every so often, a truly seminal book is published in the horror field. Blatty's The Exorcist, King's The Stand, Barker's Books of Blood. Alan Rodgers' Fire is such a book. It is a tale of amazing sweep and scope, uniting Biblical prophecies and hightech, ancient horrors with new ones cobbled up from labs and shadows. After this book, everything changes."

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