André Launay


André Joseph Launay was a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who wrote in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew Laurance and Drew Lamark.
He was the author of family dramas, psychic thrillers, humour and travel books published in the United Kingdom and in the US. Launay lived in Nerja, in the south of Spain until his death; He had three children: record producer Nick Launay, film director Matthew Launay, artist and illustrator Melissa Launay, and four grandchildren; Lee, Lana, Nicolas & Samuel.

Fiction

Non-fiction

  • Caviare and After
  • Dictionary of Contemporaries
  • Historic Air Disasters
  • Eat, Drink and Be Sorry
  • Morocco
  • Madrid & Southern Spain
  • The Other You
  • Bluffers Guide to Antiques
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[Xenophobe's Guides]

  • French for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners
  • Spanish for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners
  • German for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners
  • ''Italian for Xenophobes: Xenophobe's Lingo Learners''

Stage plays

Screenplays

  • The Girl With a Peppermint Taste
  • Hideous Whispers
  • Black Hotel
  • The Latchkey Children
  • ''The Harlequin's Son''

Radio broadcasts

Television

''Documentary Film''

  • ''The Chef of the Dorchester''