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Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist.

Personal

He hails from Kenosha, 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.

Positions held

Another World

Breakdown Writer: 1988
Script Writer: 1987

Dangerous Women

Head Writer: 1991

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

Writer: 1978

Family Passions

Head Writer: 1993 - 1994

Friends and Lovers

Head Writer: 1994

General Hospital

Co-Head Writer: 1981 - 1984

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^[1]
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

Preceded byPat Falken Smith Margaret DePriest Head Writer of General Hospital (with Leah Laiman) September 1981 – March 1982 Succeeded byJohn William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington Preceded byMargaret DePriest Sheri Anderson Head Writer of Days of Our Lives(with Margaret DePriest: September 24–October 25, 1984)(with Sheri Anderson: September 24, 1984 – November 10, 1986)(with Leah Laiman: December 3, 1984 – November 18, 1986) September 24, 1984 – November 18, 1986 Succeeded byLeah Laiman Preceded bynone Head Writer of Generations (with Sally Sussman Morina) March 27, 1989 – January 25, 1991 Succeeded byShow canceled Preceded byRon Carlivati Head Writer of One Life to Live(with Susan Bedsow Horgan: April 29–July 15, 2013)(with Jessica Klein: July 1–August 19, 2013) April 29–August 19, 2013 Succeeded byShow canceled

References

External links

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