Laurence Shames

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Laurence Shames is an American writer.

Writing career

Laurence Shames is best known for his series of comic mysteries, all set in Key West, Florida. [1] [2] [3] One of his most popular books, however, Bad Twin, was written under the pseudonym Gary Troup, in a cross promotion between publisher Hyperion Books (now Hachette Books) and ABC, the network which produced the TV series, Lost . In Lost, Troup was a fictional character who was presumed dead in the airline crash that was the basis for the TV series, and he left a manuscript behind, leading viewers of the series to buy the book to find clues to the mysteries of Lost. [4] Shames was the ghostwriter for the bestseller, Boss of Bosses, [5] and was the Ethics columnist for Esquire.

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Personal life

Laurence Shames was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1951. He graduated from New York University in 1972. He now lives in Ojai, California. [6]

Books

Key West novels

Others

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