Daniel Matthew Reeves

Daniel Matthew Reeves was born in Winkler County, Texas to Wilma Jean Morgan Reeves and John Ruil Reeves. His mother was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama and her parents were Calvin and Clara Morgan. His father was born and raised in Oneonta, Alabama and his parents were John and Bessie Reeves. Daniel was brought up in both Texas and Alabama. His father was an oil well servicing man and would move his family between both homes in Alabama and Texas. Daniel was raised with his older brother, Donald, and his two sisters, Carol and Millie. Most of the time Daniel attended grade school in Springdale Elementary School near Birmingham, Alabama until his father was injured and moved to Ashville, Alabama where Daniel finished school. As a child, Daniel was extremely shy and found it difficult to make friends. He secluded himself to only a few close friends. He learned to play the guitar, mandolin, and piano as a child and began to write and compose music. His parents started to attend church regularly where Daniel began to break out of his shyness and started performing gospel music in church. He began to perform at different events and started making more friends. As a child, Daniel always loved playing with cameras and pretending that he was a famous movie star, producer, or actor. The few friends Daniel had would get together with Daniel and they would all play like they were making movies. He began to write story scripts for their movies. By the time Daniel had attained the age of 14 he had written several complete stories. He had a most vivid imagination and could put that imagination to paper. Daniel attended Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, Alabama and he took both music, acting, and drama classes. He starred in several plays and began to perform with the college music group. His first book, The Adventures of the East Gadsden Crybabies, was published before he had finished college. Several other books followed. Daniel married Jeaneda Smith and had three children. Laura, Jeff, and Stephanie Reeves. They were married for ten years and finally got divorced. Eventually he remarried and moved to Florida where Daniel continued his work with books, music, and film. He had another child he named Annie. He later divorced that wife. His plans are to create the greatest Zombie movie ever created.