Laurence Shames
1951
Laurence Shames is one of the noteworthy authors of America who is famous for writing his novels based on the mystery, humor, thriller, and nonfiction genres. But, before going on to taste success in his writing career, he used to work in different jobs. Some of them included working as a taxi driver, furniture mover, dishwasher, shoe salesman, lounge singer, and lifeguard. When Laurence failed to make a name for himself in any of these professions he decided to turn towards writing full time in the year 1976. Since then, he has never done a day’s work other than writing. During the course of his writing career, author Laurence has published around 20 books and close to hundreds of articles and essays for various magazines. He is particularly well known for his critically acclaimed novel series titled the ‘Key West’ series. Besides that, he has also written several nonfiction works along with working as a ghostwriter and collaborator. Out of all the books that author Laurence has penned down, 4 have gone on to become New York Times bestsellers. Each one of them has appeared in 4 different lists, with different names, and not one of them belonging to him. This is a record in itself for author Laurence. He was born in Newark, New Jersey in the year 1951. He has said that his parents were chain smokers, but had flamboyant emotions.