This article is about the writer Rob Thomas. For other people with this name see Rob Thomas (disambiguation).
Rob Thomas (born August 15, 1965 in
Sunnyside, Washington) is an American author, producer, and
screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel
Rats Saw God and creator of the television program
Veronica Mars.
Education and early career
Thomas graduated from
San Marcos High School in 1983, and from the
University of Texas at Austin in 1987 with a BA in History.
Before he began writing novels for young adults, Thomas taught high-school
journalism at John Marshall High School in
San Antonio,
Texas, and advised the University of Texas at Austin student magazine. From August 1993 to June 1995 he worked for
Channel One News, an experience which informed his novel 1998
Satellite Down. Thomas was a member of three
Austin, Texas bands — Public Bulletin, Hey Zeus, and Black Irish — from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
