John Tinker is an American

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and

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. He is the co-creator of the CBS drama '' Judging Amy'' and has been an Executive Producer and Writer on American television shows such as NBC's iconic '' St. Elsewhere'', the CBS drama '' Chicago Hope'', the ABC drama ''

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'', and the NBC drama '' The Book of Daniel''. Recently, he developed the television series ''

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'' for the Hallmark Channel and was the Executive Producer and Co-Writer on the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, ''Love Locks''. Tinker won the 1986 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for the ''St. Elsewhere'' episode "Time Heals" which he co-wrote with

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and

John Masius John Masius (born July 30, 1950) is an American screenwriter. He is a credited for creating the series ''Touched by an Angel'' (1994–2003), '' Providence'' (1999–2002) and '' Hawthorne'' (2009–2011). Early life He graduated from Scarsd ...

. He has received numerous Emmy Award nominations and Humanitas Award nominations. He currently is the showrunner/writer/executive producer of ''

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''. He is the son of television executive

Grant Tinker Grant Almerin Tinker (January 11, 1926 – November 28, 2016) was an American television executive who served as chairman and Chief executive officer, CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986. Additionally, he was a co-founder of MTM Enterprises and a te ...

and his first wife, Ruth Byerly. Tinker is married to best-selling Southern author and syndicated columnist, Ronda Rich.

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* * 1958 births Living people Emmy Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) American television writers American male television writers American television producers Middlebury College alumni {{US-tv-bio-stub