Creature Feature: New Books with Monsters Galore
Lawrence Wright
23 ratings| 0 reviews| avg rating:3.52

Lawrence Wright’s Followers (2,253)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Add New
Videos

Authors Live at Goodreads: Lawrence Wright
Add a comment

More videos…

Lawrence’s Bookshelves

read (23)
currently-reading (1)
to-read (3)

Lawrence’s Friends (1)

Sofia
Sofia
3 books | 215 friends


Lawrence Wright

Goodreads Author


Born
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The United States
Website

Twitter
lawrence_wright

Genre
Nonfiction

Member Since
April 2016


There is more than one author with this name

Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer forThe New Yorkermagazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. He is a graduate of Tulane University, and for two years taught at the American University in Cairo in Egypt.

Wright graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas, Texas) in 1965 and, in 2009, was inducted into Woodrow's Hall of Fame.

Wright is the author of six books, but is best known for his 2006 book, TheLooming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.A quick bestseller, TheLooming Towerwas awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and is fre ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Lawrence Wright questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How similar your new novel is with the actual pandemic we are living right now? And what was your reaction when you realized we were going to go through a pandemic, having this book, already written?
Lawrence Wright My virus, called Kongoli, is actually built on the 1918 Spanish flu. Like Covid-19 (which is a coronavirus, not an influenza), Kongoli is a new diseas…moreMy virus, called Kongoli, is actually built on the 1918 Spanish flu. Like Covid-19 (which is a coronavirus, not an influenza), Kongoli is a new disease, unknown in the human population until it suddenly arises in Asia and spreads across the globe. Kongoli is more fatal than Covid-19 but not as contagious.
As for the timing of the publication, it's a total coincidence that the book appears in the middle of a pandemic, but the eerie parallels with what we see unfolding in front of us are not. This is exactly what public health officials have been warning about for decades.(less)
flag
Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Lawrence Wright The filmmaker Ridley Scott approached me a decade ago with a question. He had read Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel, "The Road." Ridley's ques…moreThe filmmaker Ridley Scott approached me a decade ago with a question. He had read Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel, "The Road." Ridley's question was "What happened?" What force could have crushed civilization? I immediately thought of something like the 1918 Spanish flu, appearing now when people live in dense cities and travel across the globe so rapidly. Would we be any better prepared than our ancestors?(less)
flag
See all 136 answers from Lawrence Wright…

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.08 · 116,792 ratings · 13,236 reviews ·64 distinct works •Similar authors
Going Clear: Scientology, H...
4.04 avg rating — 43,927 ratings — published 2013 — 35 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda...
4.36 avg rating — 33,894 ratings — published 2006
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The End of October
3.76 avg rating — 19,126 ratings — published 2020 — 28 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
God Save Texas: A Journey i...
really liked it4.00 avg rating — 6,652 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Thirteen Days in September:...
4.19 avg rating — 3,067 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Plague Year: America in...
4.12 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Mr. Texas
4.03 avg rating — 2,687 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Remembering Satan: A Tragic...
3.65 avg rating — 2,337 ratings — published 1994 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Terror Years: From al-Q...
4.04 avg rating — 1,489 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
In the New World: Growing U...
4.07 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Lawrence Wright…

Related News

Not normal, new normal, super-spreading, and socially distant. Yup, it's been a couple years of COVID and pandemic-centric stories are...
Read more...
35 likes·12 comments
Mary Roach is a science author who specializes in the bizarre and offbeat. With a body of work ranging from deep-dives on the history of...
Read more...
91 likes·9 comments

Lawrence is Currently Reading

Chains of Love
Lawrence Wright is currently reading
byKatrina Strauss(Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

Apr 13, 2016 10:49PM

rss
Lawrence’s Recent Updates

Lawrence Wright answered Derek's question:
What is your recommended reading to learn more about the extemely complex history leading up to the Isreal/Palestine war? I also thought of your work when I walked by the Scientology building located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lawrence Wright
thanks, Derek. I read a ton of books about the history of the Middle East while I was writing my account of the 1978 Carter-Begin-Sadat summit that led to the first and most durable peace in the Mideast, 'Thirteen Days in September. "Many histories a See Full Answer
Dec 09, 2023 11:43PM ·8 likes·
More of Lawrence's books…
Quotes by Lawrence Wright (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle, and bored; where the art is impoverished; where entertainment—movies, theater, music—is policed or absent altogether; and where young men are set apart from the consoling and socializing presence of women.”
― Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower
24 likes
Like

“Religion is always an irrational enterprise, no matter how ennobling it may be to the human spirit.”
― Lawrence Wright, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
19 likes
Like

“If you paid any attention to the role of disease in human affairs, you’d know the danger we’re in. We got smug after all of the victories over infection in the twentieth century, but nature is not a stable force. It evolves, it changes, and it never becomes complacent. We don’t have the time or resources now to do anything other than fight this disease. Every nation on earth has to be involved whether you think of them as friends or enemies. If we’re going to save civilization, we have to fight together and not against each other.”
― Lawrence Wright, The End of October
13 likes
Like

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity
Terminalcoffee: Read this, and thank Zeus you don't live anywhere near Gail Ruzicka's sphere of influnce 10 30 Jan 09, 2011 05:34AM
Glens Falls (NY)...: This topic has been closed to new comments. What are U reading these days? (PART SEVEN) (2011) (ONGOING THREAD for 2011) 838 45 Jan 04, 2012 05:06AM
The Millions: Most Anticipated Books of 2013 - Part One 16 340 Apr 24, 2013 01:31AM
The History Book...: This topic has been closed to new comments. ARCHIVE ONE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~ 6558 4354 May 09, 2013 06:33AM
Around the United...: Telynor's 2013 Around the US in 52 Books 8 12 Aug 02, 2013 09:36AM
The History Book...: DONNA R.'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2013 104 175 Jan 03, 2014 02:04AM
Reading with Style: This topic has been closed to new comments. Winter 13/14 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter 13/14 1113 151 Mar 02, 2014 07:25AM
21st Century Lite...: National Book Critics Circle Finalists/Winners (2013/14) 23 92 Mar 17, 2014 11:47PM
50 Book Pledge: March 2014 - What Are You Reading? 71 82 Apr 01, 2014 02:08AM
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts) 2559 640 Aug 02, 2014 05:12AM

Lawrence’s Friend Comments




No comments have been added yet.