
Writing
Lawrence Wright
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.
Acting
- 2024Live from the LBJ Library with Mark UpdegroveSelf2 ep.
- 2024God Save TexasSelf3 ep.
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsSelf1 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2024God Save TexasExecutive Producer3 ep.
- 2018The Looming TowerBook, Executive Producer, Story10 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2025Live from the LBJ Library with Mark UpdegroveSelf2 ep.
- 2024God Save TexasSelf1 ep.
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsSelf1 ep.