Lawrence Wright — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for "The Looming Tower"
Staff Writer for The New Yorker magazine
Author of "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" (2006)
Author of "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" (2013)
Fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law
Taught English at the American University in Cairo

Biography

Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist, currently a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and a fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. He is widely recognized for his nonfiction works, most notably his 2006 book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11." This book became a bestseller and was honored with the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.