Lawrence Wright

Lawrence performed on stage at Joe’s Pub in our September 19, 2023 edition of Seriously Entertaining, speaking on the evening’s theme, “Fortune Favors.”

Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a playwright, and a screenwriter. He is the best-selling author of the novel The End of October and ten books of nonfiction, including Going Clear, God Save Texas, and The Looming Tower, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.

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