Thom Racina

Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist. He hails from Kenosha, Wisconsin, 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

• Head Writer: 1991

Days of our Lives

• Co-Head Writer: 1984 - 1986

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

• Script Writer: August 1, 2008 - present

Novels

• The Great Los Angeles Blizzard (1977) Published in 1977, and which was to become the basis for the ratings-breaking "Ice Princess" story on General Hospital.
• Lifeguard (1978)
• Blizzard (1979)
• Nine to Five (1980)
• Snow Angel (1996)
• Hidden Agenda (1997)
• Secret Weekend (1999)
• The Madman's Diary (2001)
• Never Forget (2002)
• Deadly Games (2003)
• Deep Freeze (2005)

Awards & 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)