André Launay

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André Joseph Launay (born December 12, 1930 in Paris) is a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who writes in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew Laurance and Drew Lamark.

He is the author of family dramas, psychic thrillers, humour and travel books published in the United Kingdom and in the US. Launay lives in Nerja, in the south of Spain; He has three children: record producer Nick Launay, film director Matthew Launay, artist and illustrator Melissa Launay.

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[edit] Fiction

  • The Girl with a Peppermint Taste, 1972
  • The Innocence Has Gone , Daddy 1973
  • The Snake Orchards 1984
  • The Medusa Horror 1985
  • The Latchkey Children (Hard & Paperback - 1986)
  • The Harlequin’s Son (Hard & Paperback -1989)
    • Seance (May '91 [Apr '91] cover by George Underwood) Occult thriller.
  • She Modelled Her Coffin (Linford Mystery Library) by Drew Launay (Paperback - May 2001)
  • The Two-Way Mirror by Drew Launay (Paperback - Jan 2002)
  • The Olive Groves of Almijara (Paperback - 2007)

[edit] Non-fiction

  • Caviare and After (1966)
  • Dictionary of Contemporaries (1967)
  • Historic Air Disasters (1967)
  • Eat, Drink and Be Sorry (1968)
  • Morocco (1973)
  • Madrid & Southern Spain (1974)
  • The Other You (1986)
  • Bluffers Guide to Antiques (Paperback - 1970)
  • The Xenophobe's Guide to the Spanish (Paperback - Mar 1999)
  • French for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners (Paperback - Mar 1, 2004)
  • Spanish for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners (Paperback - Mar 1, 2004)
  • German for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners (Paperback - April 1, 2004)
  • Italian for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners (Paperback - Jul 1, 2006)

[edit] Stage plays

  • The Man on a Balcony 1955
  • The Aimless 1958
  • Come Into My Bed' 1976
  • Yes, We Have no Pyjamas 1979
  • A Farce in his Ear, (with Anthony Marriott) 1991.

[edit] Screenplays

  • The Girl With a Peppermint Taste (for Carter De Haven)
  • Hideous Whispers (for Hammer)
  • Black Hotel (for Hammer)
  • The Latchkey Children (for Joe Manuel Productions)
  • The Harlequin's Son (for Rocket Pictures)

[edit] Radio broadcasts

  • Siesta Days, Fiesta Nights. BBC 1993

[edit] Television

  • The Man on a Balcony 1955
  • If the Crown Fits Series with Robert Morley. 1958.

[edit] Documentary Film

  • The Chef of the Dorchester (Look at Life. 1960.)


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