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.

He is close friends with Sally Sussman Morina.

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

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 (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

• 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
• 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)

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)