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• Best known for creating the Law & Order franchise.
• At age 12, wrote a detective serial that ran for two years in his school paper.
• Attended Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts with future president George W. Bush.
• A former ad copywriter, helped create the "I'm Cheryl, fly me" campaign for National Airlines, as well as the toothpaste slogan "You can't beat Crest for fighting cavities."
• Serves as Monaco's honorary consul for Los Angeles, and is involved in the country's annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
• Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2007.
• Signed a deal to write two novels for HarperCollins in July 2010.