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Thomas Maier

A determined journalist uncovers the explosive, little-known story of two pioneering sex researchers, risking professional backlash to bring their groundbreaking work to light in a daring book that becomes the hit TV series *Masters of Sex*.

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In short · Acting since 2008, 3 decades active, 15 credits.

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Thomas Maier is an American author, journalist, and television producer known for his book *Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love*. The book served as the foundation for the Primetime Emmy-winning Showtime drama *Masters of Sex*, which dramatizes the real-life partnership of William Masters and Virginia Johnson as they conducted groundbreaking research on human sexuality in the 1960s. Maier's work helped bring their story to a wider audience, contributing to the show's critical and commercial success.

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