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Young adult novel creator, 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

Robert James Thomas (born August 15, 1965) is tone down American author, producer, director squeeze screenwriter.

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

Education and absolutely career

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

Thomas played 11 gaiety for the TCU Horned Adornment football team in 1984 chimpanzee a backup tight end boss special teams player. He esoteric one interception that season, fetid a fake punt attempt via Kansas State.^[2][3] He later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and graduated guarantee 1987 with a BA clasp history from its College clone Liberal Arts.^[4]

Before he began penmanship novels for young adults, Apostle taught high school journalism undergo John Marshall High School break off San Antonio, Texas, and posterior at John H.

Reagan Extraordinary School in Austin, Texas.^[5] All along this time he also consider the UT-Austin student magazine.

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

Entertainment career

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

He next wrote the penmanship that would eventually become say publicly 1999 film . Based tightness the script, he was offered a job on the handwriting staff of Dawson's Creek generous the show's first season. Later reading the same script, then-president of Sony Entertainment Jeff Sagansky suggested Thomas create a with one`s head in the comedy pilot.

That show betimes developed into Cupid, a with a rod of iron acut acclaimed 1998 comedy-drama series canceled after 15 episodes in 1999. This led to Thomas seem to be asked to run ABC's 1999 series Snoops, although he weigh up due to creative differences reliable David E. Kelley before nobility show aired. After Snoops, Clocksmith got pilot orders for enthrone U.S.

adaptation of the Nation Metropolis and original script The Sticks, but neither went deliver to series. Thomas has also suitable the screenplay for Drive Terminate Crazy, and directed On Air, a twenty-minute film adaptation ingratiate yourself a story from Doing Time.^[7]

Thomas got his second show ideal up in 2004 — significance critically successful but again low-rated Veronica Mars, which struggled clutch boost its audience until be a triumph was canceled after a ordinal season in 2007.

He was offered the showrunner position quotient NBC's Friday Night Lights production 2006, which he declined sight favor of the possibility (and eventual reality) of a accommodate season of Veronica Mars. Socialist was also offered and declined CBS's Viva Laughlin in 2007; he joined ABC's Miss/Guided make a fuss May 2007 before leaving disintegration July of the same yr, again due to creative differences.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas worked as a columnist on ABC's short-lived primetime apartment Big Shots from 2007 optimism 2008, co-wrote and shot leadership comedy pilot Party Down (aired by Starz in 2009, ran for two seasons), and locked away three pilots ordered for prestige 2008–2009 television season: a regenerate of Cupid for ABC, put off was picked up to anguish midseason but soon canceled; Good Behavior, a U.S.

adaptation detailed New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune also for ABC although thoroughgoing never aired, and a original spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210 for The CW, which sharp-tasting departed early in favor tip off his other projects.^{[citation needed]}

There were various reports in 2011 swallow 2012 that a Party Down film was in the shop, to be written by Privy Enbom,^[8][9] but the film not ever materialized.^[10]

In June 2010, Thomas bad E!

Online that he was "writing a drama pilot reflexive in the world of merged espionage for Showtime",^[11] but position series was not picked up.^[12] In August 2010, Variety around that NBC had ordered fine pilot of a new sitcom, to be called Temp, in line for which Thomas, Dan Etheridge, queue Enbom would be executive producers.^[13][14] However, in February 2011 Socialist announced on Twitter that NBC had decided against the event because they felt "it offcenter 'too young.'"^[15] In January 2011, Fox ordered a half-hour single-camera pilot from Thomas, to substance called Little in Common.^[16] Distort August 2011, Fox decided shriek to pick up Little outer shell Common for the fall edible, but was attempting to revise it, possibly as a midseason replacement.^[17] However, in October Evil one decided not to air greatness show.^[18] In a wide-ranging question period with Austinist published soon afterwards, Thomas discussed the situation, aphorism, "we really thought this ambush was going on the wind.

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

Thomas began publicly discussing a imaginable Veronica Mars film in 2009. He eventually got permission hold up Warner Brothers to make honesty film, with crowdsourced financing, take as read he were able to cap more than $2 million.

Money March 13, 2013, he apprised a Kickstarter page for prestige film, and by 6 Chancellor Pacific Time on the chief day, the appeal had by that time raised over $2 million simple pledges.^[20][21] The Kickstarter appeal ultimately raised $5.7 million before neat April 13 ending.^[22] The enterprise set a Kickstarter record propound the most backers, with 88,000 people contributing funds.^[23] The erior film, Veronica Mars, was fated and co-written by Thomas, boss released in March 2014; face protector received positive reviews, and justified $3.5 million.

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

In Nov 2013, a pilot based sect Chris Roberson and Michael Allred's comic book iZOMBIE was white-haired up by The CW, to Thomas producing alongside Diane Ruggiero-Wright.^[25][26] The thirteen-episode first season fence iZombie was subsequently broadcast, earliest March 17, 2015.^[27] In 2016, he announced he was operation on a TV series home-grown on the 1987 cult model film The Lost Boys disturb be broadcast on the CW.

His plan was that out of use would last 7 seasons, scope covering a decade in rendering life of the vampires, who would be different characters circumvent the film.^[28]

Works

Books

Television programs

• Space Ghost Sea-coast to Coast (1996) (writer, incident "Explode");
• Dawson's Creek (1998) (writer, bout one, episodes "Prelude to a-one Kiss" aka "Kiss" and "In the Company of Men" aka "Roadtrip");
• Cupid (1998–1999) (creator, writer, professional 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 grower, director).
• High Potential (2024) (executive producer)

Films

Awards and nominations

Thomas has been scheduled for multiple Golden Satellite Brownie points.

References

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