Lawrence Wright Biography

Lawrence Wright is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and playwright, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book, “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” (2006), which chronicles the rise of al-Qaeda and the events leading up to the September 11 attacks. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, Wright has penned eleven nonfiction books, including “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief” (2013), which inspired an Emmy-winning HBO documentary. His 2020 novel “The End of October”, a thriller about a global pandemic, gained attention for its eerie similarities during COVID-19. Wright's work spans terrorism, Scientology, and Texas culture, as seen in books like “God Save Texas” (2018). He has written plays, such as “Camp David”, and screenplays, including “The Siege” (1998).

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