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Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha is a city and the county seat of Kenosha County in the State of Wisconsin in United States. With a population of 99,218 as of May 2011, Kenosha is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Kenosha is also the fourth-largest city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, following Chicago,...

, 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

Sally Sussman Morina

-Personal Life:She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer. She was in the running to become the Head Writer of Loving in 1991.-Positions held:Freshman Dorm*WriterAnother World*Script Writer: 1996Days of our Lives...

Positions held

Another World
Another World (TV series)
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

Breakdown Writer: 1988
Script Writer: 1987

Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women is a syndicated nighttime American soap opera about a group of women who served time in prison together. It was created and written by Reg Watson and produced by Reg Grundy Productions.-Synopsis:...

Head Writer
Head writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...

: 1991

Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

Co-Head Writer: 1984 - 1986

Jam Bay

Head Writer: 1994

Family
Family (TV series)
Family is an American television drama series that aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980. Creative control of the show was split between executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling and Mike Nichols...

Writer: 1978

Family Passions
Family Passions
Family Passions was the first hour long television serial produced in Canada and Germany. It was produced and distributed by Baton Broadcasting System and ZDF between 1993 and 1994...

Head Writer: 1993 - 1994

Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers
Friends & Lovers is a 1999 American romantic-drama film directed and co-written by George Haas about a group of twentysomethings on a ski trip. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Claudia Schiffer and Robert Downey, Jr..-Plot:...

Head Writer: 1994

General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....

Co-Head Writer: 1981 - 1984

Generations

Co-Head Writer: 1989 - 1991

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...

Breakdown Writer: February 1992 - January 15, 1993
Co-Head Writer: 1991 - January 1992

Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...

Script Writer: 1980

The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

(hired by Maria Arena Bell

Maria Arena Bell

Maria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She is currently the Head Writer and Executive Producer of CBS Daytime's The Young and the Restless.-Personal:...

fired by Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom is an American writer and TV programming executive. She earned a bachelor of science degree in theater from Skidmore College.-Career:...

)

Script Writer: August 1, 2008 - October 20, 2008

Novels

The Great Los Angeles Blizzard (1977); became the basis for the "Ice Princess" story on the American soap opera General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
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)
Guardian Angel (with Terri Lee Ryan)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards NOMINATIONS

(1985 & 1987; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
(1983 & 1984; Best Writing; General Hospital)

Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...

NOMINATIONS

(For 1992 season; Santa Barbara)
(For 1987 season; Days of Our Lives)

External links

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