Lawrence Wright, the 1965 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, The Looming Tower, is taking on the Church of Scientology.
Knopf publishing will release Wright’s new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, on Jan. 13.
“I was drawn to write this book by the questions many people have about Scientology: What is it that makes this religion alluring? What do its adherents get out of it? How can rational-seeming people subscribe to beliefs that others find incomprehensible? Why do popular personalities associate themselves with a faith that is likely to create public relations martyrdom?” Wright stated in a media release.
Wright was inducted to the Woodrow hall of fame in 2009.
