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Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist.
ails from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha is a city in and the county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. With an estimated 2006 population of 96,240, Kenosha is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin....
, went to school in Albuquerque and Chicago, where he got a MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing.

He is close friends with Sally Sussman Morina
Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer....
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Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist.

Personal

He hails from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha is a city in and the county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. With an estimated 2006 population of 96,240, Kenosha is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin....
, went to school in Albuquerque and Chicago, where he got a MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing.

He is close friends with Sally Sussman Morina
Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer....
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Positions held

Another World
Another World (TV series)

Another World is a television soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips along with William J....
  • Breakdown Writer: 1988
  • Script Writer: 1987


Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women was a nighttime United States drama series about a group of women that served time in prison together. The main character that tied the show together was Faith Cronin ....
  • Head Writer
    Head writer

    A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an executive producer....
    : 1991


Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
  • Co-Head Writer: 1984 - 1986


Jam Bay
  • Head Writer: 1994


Family
Family (TV series)

Family is a television drama series that aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1976 in television to 1980 in television. Creative control of the show was split between executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling and Mike Nichols....
  • Writer: 1978


Family Passions
Family Passions

Family Passions was the first hour long television serial produced in Canada and Germany. It was produced and distributed by Baton Broadcasting System and ZDF between 1993 and 1994....
  • Head Writer: 1993 - 1994


Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers

Friends & Lovers is a 1999 in film Cinema of the United States romantic film-drama film directed and co-written by George Haas about a group of Twentysomething s on a ski trip....
  • Head Writer: 1994


General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
  • Co-Head Writer: 1981 - 1984


Generations
Generations (TV series)

Generations is an United States soap opera which aired on NBC from March 27, 1989 to January 25, 1991.It was nominated for awards by three different organizations, but never won....
  • Co-Head Writer: 1989 - 1991


Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)

Santa Barbara is an United States decade long and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993....
  • Breakdown Writer: February 1992 - January 15, 1993
  • Co-Head Writer: 1991 - January 1992


Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow is a TV soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982....
  • Script Writer: 1980


The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
 (hired by Maria Arena Bell
Maria Arena Bell

Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer....
 fired by Barbara Bloom
Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom is an United States writer and Television program Senior management. She earned a bachelor in theater from Skidmore College. Her current position is CBS Corporation....
)
  • Script Writer: August 1, 2008 - October 20, 2008


Adams Morgan
  • Creator (with Susan Bedsow Horgan)


Novels

  • The Great Los Angeles Blizzard (1977); ublished in 1977, and which was to become the basis for the ratings-breaking "Ice Princess" story on General Hospital.
  • Lifeguard
    Lifeguard

    File:RedYellowFlag.jpgA lifeguard is a person responsible for overseeing the safety of the users of a body of water and its environs, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a beach....
     (1978)
  • Blizzard
    Blizzard

    A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure area, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure area; this results in the advection of air from the high pressure zone into the low pressure area....
     (1979)
  • Nine to Five
    Nine to Five

    Nine to Five, also known as 9 to 5, is a 1980 United States comedy film film starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman....
     (1980)
  • Snow Angel
    Snow angel

    A snow angel is a human-made depression formed in an area of snow in the shape of an angel. Making snow angels is a common child game....
     (1996)
  • Hidden Agenda
    Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda is also the name of several different things:* Hidden Agenda , a computer game from 1988.* Hidden Agenda , a political thriller directed by Ken Loach...
     (1997)
  • Secret Weekend (1999)
  • The Madman's Diary (2001)
  • Never Forget
    Never Forget

    "Never Forget" is a 1995 song recorded by Take That, from the album Nobody Else. It was released on July 24, 1995, and achieved success in many countries, including UK and Ireland where it topped the singles chart....
     (2002)
  • Deadly Games
    Deadly Games

    Deadly Games was an United States science fiction show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans in the real world....
     (2003)
  • Deep Freeze
    Deep Freeze

    Deep Freeze may refer to:* Deep Freeze - A hidden track on on "The Verve"'s 1998 album "Urban Hymns".* Operation Deep Freeze - a U.S. codename for scientific explorations in the 1950s....
     (2005)
  • Guardian Angel (with Terri Lee Ryan)


Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards NOMINATIONS
  • (1985 & 1987; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
  • (1983 & 1984; Best Writing; General Hospital)


Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949....
 NOMINATIONS
  • (For 1992 season; Santa Barbara)
  • (For 1987 season; Days of Our Lives)

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