Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright
Wright in 2018
Wright in 2018
Born (1947-08-02) August 2, 1947 (age 76)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, Writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTulane University (BA)
American University of Cairo (MA)
Notable worksThe Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (2007)
Website
LawrenceWright.com

Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is an American writer and journalist, who is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as the author of the 2006 nonfiction book Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Wright is also known for his work with documentarian Alex Gibney who directed film versions of Wright's one man show My Trip to Al-Qaeda and his book Going Clear. His 2020 novel, The End of October, a thriller about a pandemic, was released in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] to generally positive reviews.[2]

  1. ^ "The End of October". Penguin Random House. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "The End of October | Book Marks". Literary Hub. Retrieved January 2, 2021.