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Wikipedia / Thom Racina

Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist.

Personal

He comes from Kenosha, Wisconsin, and went to school in Albuquerque and Chicago, where he got a MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing.

Positions held

Another World

  • Breakdown Writer: 1988

  • Script Writer: 1987

Dangerous Women

Days of Our Lives

  • Co-Head Writer: September 24, 1984 - November 18, 1986; 1994-1995, April 2004-December 2005 (with James E. Reilly)

Jam Bay

  • Head Writer: 1994

Family

  • Writer: 1978

Family Passions

  • Head Writer: 1993 - 1994

Friends and Lovers

  • Head Writer: 1994

General Hospital

  • Co-Head Writer: 1981 - 1984

Generations

  • Co-Head Writer: 1989 - 1991

Santa Barbara

  • Breakdown Writer: February 1992 - January 15, 1993

  • Co-Head Writer: 1991 - January 1992

Search for Tomorrow

  • Script Writer: 1980

The Young and the Restless (hired by Maria Arena Bell fired by Barbara Bloom)

  • Script Writer: August 1, 2008 - October 20, 2008

One Life to Live (hired by Prospect Park)

  • Head Writer: April 29 - August 19, 2013

Novels

  • Kojak: In San Francisco (1976)

  • The Great Los Angeles Blizzard (1977); became the basis for the "Ice Princess" story on the American soap opera General Hospital

  • Lifeguard (1978)

  • Blizzard (1979)

  • Nine to Five (1980)

  • Tomcat (1981)

  • Snow Angel (1996)

  • Hidden Agenda (1997)

  • Secret Weekend (1999)

  • The Madman's Diary (2001)

  • Never Forget (2002)

  • Deadly Games (2003)

  • Deep Freeze (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 NOMINATIONS

  • (For 1992 season; Santa Barbara)

  • (For 1987 season; Days of Our Lives)

Head writing tenures

References