Craig Thomas
@himymcraig.bsky.social
PRE-ORDER MY NOVEL: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/thats-not-how-it-happened-craig-thomas?variant=43708741517346
Co-Creator: How I Met Your Mother #HIMYM.
Prose:
http://Craigthomaswriter.com http://instagram.com/craigtthomas/
Co-Creator: How I Met Your Mother #HIMYM.
Prose:
http://Craigthomaswriter.com http://instagram.com/craigtthomas/
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Craig Thomas
@himymcraig.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Dear world. I’ve written a novel. It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written, besides HIMYM. It’s a different kind of love story, but just as personal to me. I really hope you’ll preorder: craigthomaswriter.com/novel
Out 11/4 via @harpercollins @htpbooks @hanoversquarepress
Out 11/4 via @harpercollins @htpbooks @hanoversquarepress
How lucky are we to have Bryan Cranston on How We Made Your Mother this week (and how lucky were we to have him on How I Met Your Mother to begin with)?! He's one of the true gems in this crazy business of show. Please enjoy!
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How lucky are we to have Bryan Cranston on How We Made Your Mother this week (and how lucky were we to have him on How I Met Your Mother to begin with)?! He's one of the true gems in this crazy business of show. Please enjoy!
RIP Tom Stoppard, whose sentences were action movies.
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, whose sentences were action movies.
If you're as furious as I am about our nation's president using the R-word as an insulting slur, I've just published an entire novel about why that's wrong:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
That's Not How It Happened
“Funny and poignant... Craig Thomas is a big-hearted, empathetic writer who knows his characters inside and out." —Tom Perrotta, New York Times and USA ...
www.harpercollins.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you're as furious as I am about our nation's president using the R-word as an insulting slur, I've just published an entire novel about why that's wrong:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
And there it is.
The president of the United States officially using the R-word in public.
So to all the Trump apologists last year who tried to tell me he wasn't really an ableist bully, that he really cared about the disability community...
Here ya go:
The president of the United States officially using the R-word in public.
So to all the Trump apologists last year who tried to tell me he wasn't really an ableist bully, that he really cared about the disability community...
Here ya go:
Donald Trump finally posts a Thanksgiving message — and uses it to call Governor Tim Walz “seriously retarded.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And there it is.
The president of the United States officially using the R-word in public.
So to all the Trump apologists last year who tried to tell me he wasn't really an ableist bully, that he really cared about the disability community...
Here ya go:
The president of the United States officially using the R-word in public.
So to all the Trump apologists last year who tried to tell me he wasn't really an ableist bully, that he really cared about the disability community...
Here ya go:
Happy Slapsgiving to all who celebrate!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Slapsgiving to all who celebrate!
Mini-HIMYM Reunion Alert!
Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders star in the audiobook of my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. On sale now:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders star in the audiobook of my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. On sale now:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mini-HIMYM Reunion Alert!
Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders star in the audiobook of my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. On sale now:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders star in the audiobook of my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. On sale now:
www.harpercollins.com/products/tha...
The whole story started at @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social!
Carter Bays and @himymcraig.bsky.social reflect on the 20th anniversary of their hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother" and its Wesleyan University roots: "The world needs Wesleyans...It needs people who are active and care about what’s going on and are trying to get to the bottom of it." #HIMYM
How I Met Your Mother: A 20-Year Reunion
www.wesleyan.edu
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The whole story started at @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social!
From now through November 29, it’s Buy 2, Get 1 FREE on my book THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED at @target! They make a great stocking stuffer!
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
From now through November 29, it’s Buy 2, Get 1 FREE on my book THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED at @target! They make a great stocking stuffer!
Turns out, MAGA *does* love DEI...they're from ALL OVER THE WORLD!
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Turns out, MAGA *does* love DEI...they're from ALL OVER THE WORLD!
When Trump said he'd be good for farmers, he meant of the bot varietal.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
When Trump said he'd be good for farmers, he meant of the bot varietal.
The guy from The Real World doesn’t live in it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The guy from The Real World doesn’t live in it.
My debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, made the
@csmonitor.bsky.social "November's 10 Best List"
(Not sure how I'm on a list alongside Salman Rushdie, but here we are!).
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@csmonitor.bsky.social "November's 10 Best List"
(Not sure how I'm on a list alongside Salman Rushdie, but here we are!).
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
The leaves have turned, so turn a page. Here are November’s 10 best. - CSMonitor.com
www.csmonitor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, made the
@csmonitor.bsky.social "November's 10 Best List"
(Not sure how I'm on a list alongside Salman Rushdie, but here we are!).
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
@csmonitor.bsky.social "November's 10 Best List"
(Not sure how I'm on a list alongside Salman Rushdie, but here we are!).
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
ATTN Wesleyan University folks!
I'm discussing my new novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, @ the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore with my How I Met Your Mother co-creator and fellow Wes alum, Carter Bays! Thursday, 12/11. 6:00 PM. Come say hi!
@wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
rjjulia.com/event/2025-1...
I'm discussing my new novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, @ the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore with my How I Met Your Mother co-creator and fellow Wes alum, Carter Bays! Thursday, 12/11. 6:00 PM. Come say hi!
@wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
rjjulia.com/event/2025-1...
Craig Thomas, "That's Not How It Happened" in conversation with Carter Bays
RJ Julia opened 35 years ago as an independent bookstore whose mission was, and is, to be a place where words matter, where writer meets reader, where the ambiance and selection and merchandising of books creates an atmosphere that is welcoming and presents the opportunity for discovery. Ultimately, we are fiercely committed to putting the right book in the right hands.
rjjulia.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ATTN Wesleyan University folks!
I'm discussing my new novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, @ the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore with my How I Met Your Mother co-creator and fellow Wes alum, Carter Bays! Thursday, 12/11. 6:00 PM. Come say hi!
@wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
rjjulia.com/event/2025-1...
I'm discussing my new novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, @ the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore with my How I Met Your Mother co-creator and fellow Wes alum, Carter Bays! Thursday, 12/11. 6:00 PM. Come say hi!
@wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
rjjulia.com/event/2025-1...
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Good press!
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Good press!
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
Good press!
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Good press!
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
If you think you might want to buy my book sooner or later, can I convince you to do so sooner rather than later? Early sales numbers help boost visibility and convince booksellers that the thing's, ya know, *selling*!
Link to buy @ craigthomaswriter.com/novel
Maybe Trump's long-awaited amazing new health-care plan is in The Epstein Files?
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Maybe Trump's long-awaited amazing new health-care plan is in The Epstein Files?
Reposted by Craig Thomas
NEVER FORGET!!!!
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NEVER FORGET!!!!
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
Appreciate the kind words about my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, from my alma mater (let's go, @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social!):
"Thomas delivers a sharp, funny, and heartfelt novel that’s as compulsively readable as it is thoughtful."
(Link in bio!)
"Thomas delivers a sharp, funny, and heartfelt novel that’s as compulsively readable as it is thoughtful."
(Link in bio!)
Recommended Reading: Colby ’96, Eisner ’77, Shander ’90, and more
www.wesleyan.edu
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Appreciate the kind words about my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, from my alma mater (let's go, @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social!):
"Thomas delivers a sharp, funny, and heartfelt novel that’s as compulsively readable as it is thoughtful."
(Link in bio!)
"Thomas delivers a sharp, funny, and heartfelt novel that’s as compulsively readable as it is thoughtful."
(Link in bio!)
Very cool that Josh Radnor and I got to be guests on The Office Ladies, to The Office + HIMYM, with the legendary Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
How We Met the Office Ladies
Podcast Episode · Office Ladies · 11/12/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Very cool that Josh Radnor and I got to be guests on The Office Ladies, to The Office + HIMYM, with the legendary Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Loved this conversation!
New episode!
@himymcraig.bsky.social, co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" and co-host of the podcast "How We Made Your Mother," joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel That's Not How It Happened.
Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...
@himymcraig.bsky.social, co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" and co-host of the podcast "How We Made Your Mother," joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel That's Not How It Happened.
Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Loved this conversation!
I was honored to be on @npr.org's All Things Considered to discuss my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. Their mini-review: "The novel blends sharp satire of Hollywood with a deeply personal look at family, marriage, and raising a child with disabilities."
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
The first novel from Craig Thomas, co-creator of 'How I Met Your Mother,' parallels his life
The novel blends sharp satire of Hollywood with a deeply personal look at family, marriage, and raising a child with disabilities.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I was honored to be on @npr.org's All Things Considered to discuss my debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. Their mini-review: "The novel blends sharp satire of Hollywood with a deeply personal look at family, marriage, and raising a child with disabilities."
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
Check out the audiobook for That's Not How It Happened on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/73N5aMs...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Check out the audiobook for That's Not How It Happened on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/73N5aMs...
Had a great conversation on the Enable podcast about my debut novel, out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlr...
"How I Met Your Mother," a rare genetic disorder, and "the cliff" (Enable: The Disability Podcast)
YouTube video by PennLive.com
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Had a great conversation on the Enable podcast about my debut novel, out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlr...
Check out this petition to keep HIMYM on Netflix, created by my wonderful co-creator Carter's daughter! www.change.org/p/keep-how-i...
Sign the Petition
Keep "How I Met Your Mother” on Netflix
www.change.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Check out this petition to keep HIMYM on Netflix, created by my wonderful co-creator Carter's daughter! www.change.org/p/keep-how-i...
Reposted by Craig Thomas
Listened to half yesterday, currently at 75% and on track to finish today. It’s very good. Get the audiobook.
Dear world. I’ve written a novel. It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written, besides HIMYM. It’s a different kind of love story, but just as personal to me. I really hope you’ll preorder: craigthomaswriter.com/novel
Out 11/4 via @harpercollins @htpbooks @hanoversquarepress
Out 11/4 via @harpercollins @htpbooks @hanoversquarepress
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Listened to half yesterday, currently at 75% and on track to finish today. It’s very good. Get the audiobook.