Lawrence Wright

Known for: Writer
Date of birth: 1947. August 2.
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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 Pulitze...