Michael Moreci

{{Short description|American comics author and novelist}}

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| occupation = Comics Author, Novelist

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Michael Moreci is an American comic author and novelist writing in the science fiction and horror genres.{{cite web |title=Michael Moreci |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmoreci |website=Macmillan Publishers |publisher=Holtzbrinck Publishing Group |access-date=1 February 2022}} His original works include critically acclaimed military horror comic series Burning Fields{{cite web |author1=Alice W. Castle |title=Pick Of The Week: "Burning Fields" #1 is a Dark, Complex and Intriguing Mystery [Review] |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/pick-of-the-week-burning-fields-1-is-a-dark-complex-and-intriguing-mystery-review/ |website=Multiversity Comics |access-date=2 February 2022 |date=22 January 2015}}{{cite web |author1=Aaron Long |title=Review: BURNING FIELDS #1 |url=http://www.comicosity.com/review-burning-fields-1/ |website=Comicosity |publisher=Comicosity |access-date=2 February 2022 |date=21 January 2015}}{{cite web |author1=Jeff Lake |title=Burning Fields Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/22/burning-fields-1-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis LLC |access-date=2 February 2022 |date=22 January 2015}} and space comic series Roche Limit, which was included in Paste's "Required Reading: 50 of the Best Sci-Fi Comics".{{cite web |title=Required Reading: 50 of the Best Sci-Fi Comics |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/required-reading/required-reading-70-of-the-best-sci-fi-comics/?p=4 |website=Paste Magazine |publisher=Paste Media Group |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201153318/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/required-reading/required-reading-70-of-the-best-sci-fi-comics/?p=4 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |date=6 January 2017}} Moreci has written two Star Wars-inspired space opera novels - Black Star Renegades and We Are Mayhem.{{cite web |title=Black Star Renegades |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250195067/black-star-renegades |website=Macmillan Publishers |publisher=Holtzbrinck Publishing Group |access-date=2 February 2022}}{{cite web |author1=Jay Sandlin |title=Black Star Renegades REVIEW |url=https://thegww.com/black-star-renegades-review/ |website=The GWW |publisher=GWW |access-date=4 February 2022 |date=21 December 2017}}

Moreci has written canonical material for a number of franchises including Star Wars, Stranger Things and the DC Universe.{{cite web |title=Talent Directory - Michael Moreci |url=https://www.dccomics.com/talent/michael-moreci |website=DC Comics |publisher=DC Entertainment |access-date=2 February 2022}} In 2019 he wrote a graphic novel adaptation of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl in promotion of Disney's 2020 film adaptation.{{cite web |title=Michael Moreci |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/141862/michael-moreci.html |website=Penguin Books |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |access-date=2 February 2022}}