Thomas, Rob
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1965- ) US author responsible for three Ties to the X-Files universe in the Shared World X-Files Young Adults Series, beginning with Control (1997) as by Everett Owens. Under his own name, his Young Adult tale Green Thumb (1999) features a young protagonist who discovers, while spending his summer vacation, that the intertwined trees of the tropical rain forest are able to communicate with one another. At the same time, a plot to Poison the jungle through invasive Genetically Engineered trees must be foiled, a challenge which helps teach the protagonist how to be a genuine Scientist responsible to the world. [JC]
Rob Thomas
born Sunnyside, Washington: 15 August 1965
works
series
X-Files Young Adults
- Control (New York: Harper Trophy, 1997) as by Everett Owens [tie to the series universe: X-Files Young Adults: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
- Howlers (New York: Harper Trophy, 1999) as by Everett Owens [tie to the series universe: X-Files Young Adults: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
- Regeneration (New York: Harper Trophy, 1999) as by Everett Owens [tie to the series universe: X-Files Young Adults: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
individual titles
- Green Thumb (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999) [hb/Lou Brooks]
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