- Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright, born August 2, 1947, is a
Pulitzer Prize -winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for "The New Yorker " magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at theNew York University School of Law . He is a graduate ofTulane University , and for two years taught at theAmerican University in Cairo inEgypt .Wright is the author of six books, but is best known for his 2006 book, "". A quick bestseller, "The Looming Tower" was awarded the
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize , the 2007Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and is frequently referenced by media pundits (including radio talk-show hostHugh Hewitt ) as an excellent source of background information onAl Qaeda and theSeptember 11 attacks . The book's title is a phrase from theQuran : "Wherever you are, death will find you, even in the looming tower," whichOsama bin Laden quoted three times in a videotaped speech seen as directed to the 9/11 hijackers. [Wright, "The Looming Tower", p. 350]Among Wright's other books is "
Remembering Satan : A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory" (1994), about thePaul Ingram false memory case. OnJune 7 ,1996 , Wright testified at Ingram's pardon hearing.Wright also co-wrote the screenplay for the film "
The Siege " [1998] , which told the story of a terrorist attack inNew York City that led to curtailedcivil liberties and rounding up of Arab-Americans. [cite news |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9227654 |title=Lawrence Wright's 'Trip to Al-Qaeda' |author=Amos, Deborah |publisher=National Public Radio |date=2007-03-30]References
External links
* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/wrightlawrence/loomingtower The Looming Tower Reviews at Metacritic]
* [http://www.authorviews.com/authors/wright/video.php AuthorViews video interview about The Looming Tower]
* [http://members.aol.com/ingramorg/hearing.htm Audio of Paul Ingram Pardon Hearing]
* [http://www.lawrencewright.com/bio.html Biography] at [http://www.lawrencewright.com lawrencewright.com]
* [http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people6/Wright/wright-con1.html Lawrence Wright Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/09/sunday/main3244713.shtml Reporting The Bin Laden Beat, Journalist Lawrence Wright Knows More About Al Qaeda's Leader Than Many CIA Operatives AUSTIN Sept. 9, 2007]
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