Lawrence Wright

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author human journalist non-fiction writer screenwriter

Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.

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instanceOf author ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
non-fiction writer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedTo The Looming Tower ⓘ
surface form: The Looming Tower (TV series)
awardReceived J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ⓘ
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize

National Book Award finalist ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
basedOn The Looming Tower ⓘ
surface form: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-08-02 ⓘ
educatedAt American University in Cairo ⓘ
Tulane University ⓘ
employer The New Yorker ⓘ
genre investigative journalism ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
true crime ⓘ
memberOf Council on Foreign Relations ⓘ
notableFor investigative reporting on Scientology ⓘ
investigative reporting on terrorism ⓘ
notableWork God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State ⓘ
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief ⓘ
In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960–1984 ⓘ
Remembering Satan ⓘ
Saints and Sinners ⓘ
The End of October ⓘ
The Looming Tower ⓘ
surface form: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State ⓘ
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
staff writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
religion Methodism (former) ⓘ
residence Austin, Texas, United States ⓘ
writingLanguage English ⓘ
wroteAbout Middle East ⓘ
Scientology ⓘ
September 11 attacks ⓘ
Texas politics ⓘ
al-Qaeda ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Noriega: God's Favorite ⓘ
The Siege ⓘ

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