Laurence Shames
Ghostwriter of Bad Twin
Name Laurence Shames Date of Birth 1952 Place of Birth Newark, New Jersey Date of Death Living Place of Death Living Occupation Columnist, essayist, ghostwriter/novelist Country of Origin American Genre ? Subject N/A Magnum Opus Boss of Bosses Influences ? Influenced ? Official Website ? Misc. Info N/A IMDB IMDb profile

Laurence Shames was revealed as the "ghostwriter" for the metafictional Lost tie-in book Bad Twin.

Shames is formerly the Ethics columnist for Esquire, is a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist and was the ghostwriter of the New York Times best-seller Boss of Bosses. His role as ghostwriter for Bad Twin was revealed by Daily Variety.[1] He lives in Ojai, California.

TriviaEdit

• Clancy Brown (Kelvin Inman) plays "Andris Kurins" in the made for TV movie co-written by Shames "Boss of Bosses".
• In the Official Lost Podcast, Damon Lindelof states that after reading "Bad Twin", Gary Troup got what was coming to him. The comment was most likely a dig at Laurence Shames.

External linksEdit

• Variety's article on Bad Twin ghostwriter
• BookReporter.com interview

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