Carter Bays

American television producer, writer, showrunner, and musician Carter BaysBornCarter Loard Bays (1975-08-12) August 12, 1975 (age 51)Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.EducationWesleyan UniversityOccupationsTelevision producer, showrunner, writer, musicianYears active1998–presentSpouseDenise Cox BaysChildren3Websitecarterbays.com Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American television producer, writer, showrunner, and musician. Bays co-created the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. Bays wrote the novel, The Mutual Friend (2022, Dutton Books). Early life Bays was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, James C. Bays, is a retired corporate lawyer, and his mother, Martha Bays, is a minister in the United Church of Christ. While at Shaker Heights High School, Bays' play Five Visits From Mr. Whitcomb was selected for the Stephen Sondheim founded Young Playwrights Inc. 1993 Young Playwrights Festival produced at Playwrights Horizon's in New York City. Bays studied English at Wesleyan University, where he met bandmate Craig Thomas who would later become his writing partner and his co-creator for How I Met Y