{"bio": "Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as \"the finest writer of paperback originals in America today\". His most well-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice.\r\nSource: Wikipedia", "name": "Michael McDowell", "death_date": "1999-12-27", "alternate_names": ["Axel Young", "Mike McCray", "Nathan Aldyne", "Preston Macadam"], "photos": [7411936], "key": "/authors/OL2622608A", "birth_date": "1950-06-01", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q276817", "viaf": "64042529", "isni": "0000000110282353"}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-29T13:35:46.876380"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-09-05T10:55:24.353565"}}