Lawrence Wright

LAWRENCE WRIGHT is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of numerous nonfiction books, including Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief and The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.

Wright won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Looming Tower and has received three National Magazine Awards. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and a master’s degree from the American University in Cairo.

When he’s not writing, Wright works across multiple forms, serving also as a screenwriter and playwright. His nonfiction examines subjects ranging from religious institutions to terrorism and national security.

Lawrence lives in Austin, Texas.

Lawrence Wright’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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