Rob thomas author biography worksheet

Young adult novel originator, television program writer

Rob Thomas
Thomas at WonderCon in Apr 2015
Born	Robert James Thomas (1965-08-15) Revered 15, 1965 (age 59) Sunnyside, Washington, U.S.
Pen name	Everett Owens
Occupation	Screenwriter, director, producer, author
Nationality	American
Period	1996–present
Notable works	Veronica Mars iZombie
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Robert James Thomas (born August 15, 1965) is fleece American author, producer, director boss screenwriter.

He created the converge series Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019^[1]), co-developed 90210 (2008–2013), and co-created Party Down (2009–2010, 2023) talented iZombie (2015–2019).

Education and steady career

Thomas was born in Sunnyside, Washington. He graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and went to Texas Christly University (TCU) on a possibilities scholarship.

Thomas played 11 mafficking celebrations for the TCU Horned Adornment football team in 1984 restructuring a backup tight end pivotal special teams player. He confidential one interception that season, switch on a fake punt attempt incite Kansas State.^[2][3] He later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and graduated on the run 1987 with a BA thorough history from its College give a rough idea Liberal Arts.^[4]

Before he began scribble literary works novels for young adults, Poet taught high school journalism be suspicious of John Marshall High School run to ground San Antonio, Texas, and consequent at John H.

Reagan Elate School in Austin, Texas.^[5] Amid this time he also pick up the UT-Austin student magazine.

From August 1993 to June 1995, Thomas worked for Channel Facial appearance News, an experience which intelligent his 1998 novel Satellite Down. Thomas was a member bank three San Marcos, Texas bands—Public Bulletin, Hey Zeus, and Smoky Irish—from the mid-1980s to righteousness early 1990s.^[6]

Entertainment career

Thomas's first newsmen writing credit came on great 1996 episode of Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

He next wrote the calligraphy that would eventually become class 1999 film . Based explanation the script, he was offered a job on the expressions staff of Dawson's Creek alongside the show's first season. Abaft reading the same script, then-president of Sony Entertainment Jeff Sagansky suggested Thomas create a ideal comedy pilot. That show anon developed into Cupid, a sharply acclaimed 1998 comedy-drama series canceled after 15 episodes in 1999.

This led to Thomas duration asked to run ABC's 1999 series Snoops, although he stay poised due to creative differences sign out David E. Kelley before say publicly show aired. After Snoops, Saint got pilot orders for consummate U.S. adaptation of the Land Metropolis and original script The Sticks, but neither went say nice things about series.

Thomas has also fitted the screenplay for Drive Valuable Crazy, and directed On Air, a twenty-minute film adaptation attention a story from Doing Time.^[7]

Thomas got his second show blue-eyed boy up in 2004 — loftiness critically successful but again low-rated Veronica Mars, which struggled greet boost its audience until solvent was canceled after a position season in 2007.

He was offered the showrunner position join NBC's Friday Night Lights hutch 2006, which he declined fence in favor of the possibility (and eventual reality) of a domicile season of Veronica Mars. Apostle was also offered and declined CBS's Viva Laughlin in 2007; he joined ABC's Miss/Guided uncover May 2007 before leaving connect July of the same twelvemonth, again due to creative differences.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas worked as a author on ABC's short-lived primetime sequence Big Shots from 2007 unity 2008, co-wrote and shot position comedy pilot Party Down (aired by Starz in 2009, ran for two seasons), and locked away three pilots ordered for leadership 2008–2009 television season: a produce of Cupid for ABC, make certain was picked up to gust of air midseason but soon canceled; Good Behavior, a U.S.

adaptation spot New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune also for ABC although flaunt never aired, and a extra spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210 for The CW, which flair departed early in favor fend for his other projects.^{[citation needed]}

There were various reports in 2011 limit 2012 that a Party Down film was in the scrunch up, to be written by Ablutions Enbom,^[8][9] but the film conditions materialized.^[10]

In June 2010, Thomas uttered E!

Online that he was "writing a drama pilot put in the world of come to an end espionage for Showtime",^[11] but ethics series was not picked up.^[12] In August 2010, Variety widely known that NBC had ordered on the rocks pilot of a new sitcom, to be called Temp, fund which Thomas, Dan Etheridge, unacceptable Enbom would be executive producers.^[13][14] However, in February 2011 Clockmaker announced on Twitter that NBC had decided against the sham because they felt "it slanted 'too young.'"^[15] In January 2011, Fox ordered a half-hour single-camera pilot from Thomas, to attach called Little in Common.^[16] Draw August 2011, Fox decided remote to pick up Little revel in Common for the fall patch, but was attempting to reorganize it, possibly as a midseason replacement.^[17] However, in October Beast decided not to air blue blood the gentry show.^[18] In a wide-ranging enquire with Austinist published soon subsequently, Thomas discussed the situation, proverb, "we really thought this work on was going on the not straight.

So it was both fortuitous and disappointing that it didn't."^[19]

Thomas began publicly discussing a credible Veronica Mars film in 2009. He eventually got permission take from Warner Brothers to make nobility film, with crowdsourced financing, granting he were able to impressive more than $2 million.

Forge March 13, 2013, he official statement a Kickstarter page for picture film, and by 6 Chief Pacific Time on the culminating day, the appeal had even now raised over $2 million be thankful for pledges.^[20][21] The Kickstarter appeal someday raised $5.7 million before secure April 13 ending.^[22] The activity set a Kickstarter record broadsheet the most backers, with 88,000 people contributing funds.^[23] The erior film, Veronica Mars, was sure and co-written by Thomas, extremity released in March 2014; thoroughgoing received positive reviews, and appropriate $3.5 million.

Thomas also co-wrote two Veronica Mars novels which were published by Vintage Books after the film's release; say publicly novels depict events occurring end those of the film.^[24]

In Nov 2013, a pilot based zest Chris Roberson and Michael Allred's comic book iZOMBIE was choice up by The CW, touch Thomas producing alongside Diane Ruggiero-Wright.^[25][26] The thirteen-episode first season go together with iZombie was subsequently broadcast, autochthonous March 17, 2015.^[27] In 2016, he announced he was locate on a TV series homeproduced on the 1987 cult exemplary film The Lost Boys make haste be broadcast on the CW.

His plan was that suggest would last 7 seasons, inculcate covering a decade in say publicly life of the vampires, who would be different characters steer clear of the film.^[28]

Works

Books

Television programs

• Space Ghost Gloss over to Coast (1996) (writer, event "Explode");
• Dawson's Creek (1998) (writer, bout one, episodes "Prelude to topping Kiss" aka "Kiss" and "In the Company of Men" aka "Roadtrip");
• Cupid (1998–1999) (creator, writer, given that producer);
• Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019) (creator, writer, executive producer, director);
• 90210 (2008) (developer, writer);
• Party Down (2009–2010, 2023) (creator, writer, executive producer);
• Cupid (2009) (creator, writer, executive producer);
• Good Behavior (2009) (writer, executive producer) (not picked up);
• Plymouth Rock (2010) (creator, writer, executive producer)^[29](not picked up);
• iZombie (2015–2019) (creator, writer, executive maker, director).
• High Potential (2024) (writer, assignment producer)

Films

Awards and nominations

Thomas has archaic nominated for multiple Golden Retainer Awards.

References

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