Lawrence Wright
Writer, journalist and screenwriter
Lawrence Wright is an American writer and New Yorker staff writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower, his book on al-Qaeda.
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American Born 1947 in Oklahoma City, United States
About Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright was born in Oklahoma City in 1947. He is an American writer, journalist and screenwriter who writes for The New Yorker as a staff writer. He also holds a fellowship at New York University School of Law's Center for Law and Security. The Looming Tower appeared in 2006 and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Hulu later adapted it as a series in 2018. Going Clear came out in 2013 and was a New York Times bestseller. Wright worked with director Alex Gibney to make it into a documentary for HBO. Wright has also written novels, including The End of October, and plays, including the one-man show My Trip to Al-Qaeda. He plays keyboards in an Austin blues band called WhoDo.