Writing

Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright is best known for The Looming Tower, God Save Texas, The New Yorker Presents and Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove. Lawrence Wright was born on August 2, 1947. Lawrence Wright is 79 years old (born August 2, 1947).

Born: August 2, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright and a staff writer for The New Yorker. His 2006 history of al-Qaeda, “The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” was on the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks, was nominated for the National Book Award and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, among other honors. Wright co-wrote the 1998 film “The Siege,” which depicts events eerily similar to those occurring in the U.S. after 9/11. In 2006, his one-man play “My Trip to al-Qaeda,” based on the book, enjoyed a sold-out, six-week run in Soho. Wright is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.