Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of nine previous books of nonfiction, including In the New World, Remembering Satan, The Looming Tower, Going Clear, Thirteen Days in September, and The Terror Years, and one novel, God’s Favorite. His most recent book is God Save Texas. His books have received many prizes and honors, including a Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower. He is also a playwright and screenwriter. He is a longtime resident of Austin.

Lawrence Wright Traces the Parallels Between the Black Death and the COVID-19 Pandemic

On 14th-Century Italy, Medieval Medicine, and the Consequences of the Plague

June 11, 2021 By Lawrence Wright

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

May 14, 2018 By Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright Traces the Parallels Between the Black Death and the COVID-19 Pandemic

On 14th-Century Italy, Medieval Medicine, and the Consequences of the Plague

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

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