Laurence Shames (born 1951) 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.
^Shames, Laurence (1986). The Big Time: Harvard Business School's Most Successful Class--And How It Shaped America / Hardcover – April, 1986. ISBN0060152788.
^Shames, Laurence; Barton, Peter (14 September 2004). Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived. ISBN006073731X.
^Shames, Laurence (2015-02-28). The Hunger for More: Searching for Values in an Age of Greed. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN9781508581000.