▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Conference ▁ro ster ▁was ▁announced ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁All - Star ▁Game ▁Category : E CH L ▁All - Star ▁Games ▁Category : S ports ▁in ▁San ▁Bernard ino ▁County , ▁California ▁E CH L ▁All - Star <0x0A> </s> ▁Laur ence ▁Sh ames ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁writer . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁ ▁Laur ence ▁Sh ames ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁series ▁of ▁com ic ▁myster ies , ▁all ▁set ▁in ▁Key ▁West , ▁Florida . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁popular ▁books , ▁however , ▁Bad ▁T win , ▁was ▁written ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Gary ▁Tr oup , ▁in ▁a ▁cross ▁promotion ▁between ▁publish er ▁Hyper ion ▁and ▁ABC , ▁the ▁network ▁which ▁produced ▁the ▁TV ▁series , ▁Lost . ▁In ▁Lost , ▁Tr oup ▁was ▁a ▁fict ional ▁character ▁who ▁was ▁pres umed ▁dead ▁in ▁the ▁air line ▁crash ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁the ▁TV ▁series , ▁and ▁he ▁left ▁a ▁manuscript ▁behind , ▁leading ▁view ers ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁book ▁to ▁find ▁cl ues ▁to ▁the ▁myster ies ▁of ▁Lost . ▁Sh ames ▁was ▁the ▁g host writer ▁for ▁the ▁best s eller , ▁B oss ▁of ▁B oss es , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁Eth ics ▁column ist ▁for ▁Es quire . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁ ▁Laur ence ▁Sh ames ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ark , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁NY U ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁He