Dustin Thomason (born 1976) is an American writer and producer who co-authored the ''New York Times'' bestselling

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novel ''

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'' with

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Novels

Thomason began his career as a novelist. He is a co-author of the 2004 novel ''

'', and the author of ''12.21''. ''The Rule of Four'' hit the top of the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list, where it remained for six months, sold more than four million copies, and was the best selling

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of the decade. ''12.21'' (concerning the

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) was also a New York Times and International bestseller. In addition to television, Thomason's production company, Old Curiosity Shop, has published and produced three young adult novels ("''Antisocial''", "''Soul City''", "''xL''").

Television career

Thomason co-created and was showrunner of Hulu's '' Castle Rock,'' for which he won the 2019 Writers Guild of America award for long form original television. He also co-created

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drama '' The Evidence'' and wrote and executive produced Fox's ''

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'' and WGN America's critically-acclaimed ''Manhattan''. He is currently the Executive Producer of the

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's series ''Presumed Innocent,'' and the co-creator ''Overlook,'' the forthcoming series from JJ Abrams's of

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set in the universe of

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's '' The Shining''.

Personal life

Thomason attended

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, then went on to study

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and received his M.D. and his MBA from

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in 2003. He lives and works in

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. He was childhood friends with ''Rule of Four'' coauthor Ian Caldwell, whom he first collaborated with in elementary school.

References

External links

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"Rule of Four" (2004)

"12.21"
21st-century American novelists American male novelists 1976 births Columbia Business School alumni Harvard University alumni People from Fairfax County, Virginia Writers from Los Angeles Living people Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni 21st-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1970s-stub