Dustin Thomason

Dustin Thomason (born 1976) is an American writer and producer. He is the co-author of the 2004 novel The Rule of Four, and the author of 12.21. Thomason co-created Hulu's Castle Rock and ABC drama The Evidence and has executive produced numerous television series, including Fox's Lie to Me and WGN America's Manhattan. The Rule of Four reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for six months. The book was a #1 national and international bestseller and has been translated into more than 25 languages. It has sold more than four million copies worldwide, and was the best selling debut novel of the decade. Thomason's second novel, 12.21 (concerning the 2012 phenomenon) was published in more than twenty languages in August 2012 and was also a New York Times and International bestseller. Thomason attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia, then went on to study anthropology at Harvard University. and received his MD and his MBA from Columbia University. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.