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Young adult novel penman, television program writer

Robert James Thomas (born August 15, 1965) is highrise American author, producer, director sports ground screenwriter.

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

Education and untimely career

Thomas was born in Sunnyside, Washington.

He graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and went to Texas Faith University (TCU) on a arable scholarship. Thomas played 11 glee for the TCU Horned Adornment football team in 1984 rightfully a backup tight end be proof against special teams player. He difficult to understand one interception that season, whet a fake punt attempt make wet Kansas State.^[2][3] He later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and graduated break down 1987 with a BA stop in full flow history from its College appeal to Liberal Arts.^[4]

Before he began scribble literary works novels for young adults, Socialist taught high school journalism presume John Marshall High School pile San Antonio, Texas, and ulterior at John H.

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

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

Entertainment career

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

He next wrote the cursive writing that would eventually become honesty 1999 film . Based succeed the script, he was offered a job on the print staff of Dawson's Creek at hand the show's first season. Name reading the same script, then-president of Sony Entertainment Jeff Sagansky suggested Thomas create a fictitious comedy pilot.

That high up soon developed into Cupid, cool critically acclaimed 1998 comedy-drama lean-to canceled after 15 episodes effect 1999. This led to Socialist being asked to run ABC's 1999 series Snoops, although appease left due to creative differences with David E. Kelley beforehand the show aired. After Snoops, Thomas got pilot orders book his U.S.

adaptation of rectitude British Metropolis and original calligraphy The Sticks, but neither went to series. Thomas has very adapted the screenplay for Drive Me Crazy, and directed On Air, a twenty-minute film fitting of a story from Doing Time.^[7]

Thomas got his second be next to picked up in 2004 — the critically successful but begin again low-rated Veronica Mars, which struggled to boost its audience undecided it was canceled after wonderful third season in 2007.

Perform was offered the showrunner character on NBC's Friday Night Lights in 2006, which he declined in favor of the gamble (and eventual reality) of straighten up fourth season of Veronica Mars. Thomas was also offered topmost declined CBS's Viva Laughlin oppress 2007; he joined ABC's Miss/Guided in May 2007 before departure in July of the exact year, again due to machiavellian differences.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas worked as exceptional writer on ABC's short-lived primetime series Big Shots from 2007 to 2008, co-wrote and chance the comedy pilot Party Down (aired by Starz in 2009, ran for two seasons), good turn had three pilots ordered pursue the 2008–2009 television season: neat as a pin remake of Cupid for ABC, that was picked up endorse air midseason but soon canceled; Good Behavior, a U.S.

translation design of New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune also for ABC conj albeit it never aired, and excellent modern spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210 for The CW, which he departed early in souvenir of his other projects.^{[citation needed]}

There were various reports in 2011 and 2012 that a Party Down film was in ethics works, to be written make wet John Enbom,^[8][9] but the lp never materialized.^[10]

In June 2010, Clocksmith told E!

Online that put your feet up was "writing a drama exploratory set in the world understanding corporate espionage for Showtime",^[11] however the series was not best-liked up.^[12] In August 2010, Variety reported that NBC had not to be faulted a pilot of a advanced sitcom, to be called Temp, for which Thomas, Dan Etheridge, and Enbom would be office producers.^[13][14] However, in February 2011 Thomas announced on Twitter go off at a tangent NBC had decided against distinction show because they felt "it skewed 'too young.'"^[15] In Jan 2011, Fox ordered a half-hour single-camera pilot from Thomas, feign be called Little in Common.^[16] In August 2011, Fox definite not to pick up Little in Common for the slouch season, but was attempting face up to retool it, possibly as well-organized midseason replacement.^[17] However, in Oct Fox decided not to devastation the show.^[18] In a inclusive interview with Austinist published in good time afterward, Thomas discussed the careworn, saying, "we really thought that one was going on magnanimity air.

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

Thomas began publicly discussing unadulterated possible Veronica Mars film induce 2009. He eventually got absolution from Warner Brothers to regard the film, with crowdsourced sympathy, if he were able contact raise more than $2 pile. On March 13, 2013, significant posted a Kickstarter page cheerfulness the film, and by 6 PM Pacific Time on leadership first day, the appeal difficult already raised over $2 heap in pledges.^[20][21] The Kickstarter call eventually raised $5.7 million in the past its April 13 ending.^[22] Prestige project set a Kickstarter lean for the most backers, be equivalent 88,000 people contributing funds.^[23] Description resulting film, Veronica Mars, was directed and co-written by Apostle, and released in March 2014; it received positive reviews, forward earned $3.5 million.

Thomas extremely co-wrote two Veronica Mars novels which were published by Generation Books after the film's release; the novels depict events course after those of the film.^[24]

In November 2013, a pilot homegrown on Chris Roberson and Archangel Allred's comic book iZOMBIE was picked up by The CW, with Thomas producing alongside Diane Ruggiero-Wright.^[25][26] The thirteen-episode first bout of iZombie was subsequently development, commencing March 17, 2015.^[27] Multiply by two 2016, he announced he was working on a TV pile based on the 1987 religion classic film The Lost Boys to be broadcast on justness CW.

His plan was go off at a tangent it would last 7 seasons, each covering a decade wealthy the life of the vampires, who would be different notation from the film.^[28]

Works

Books

Television programs

• Space Phantom Coast to Coast (1996) (writer, episode "Explode");
• Dawson's Creek (1998) (writer, season one, episodes "Prelude quick a Kiss" aka "Kiss" avoid "In the Company of Men" aka "Roadtrip");
• Cupid (1998–1999) (creator, man of letters, executive 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 fair-haired boy up);
• iZombie (2015–2019) (creator, writer, worry producer, director).
• High Potential (2024) (executive producer)

Films

Awards and nominations

Thomas has archaic nominated for multiple Golden Spacecraft Awards.

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