Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson asked Lawrence Wright:

The Looming Tower is one of the finest books of it's kind I have ever had the pleasure of reading. You clearly went to huge lengths both in terms of your research and your ability to translate this to the page for the layman. To what extend did the process and experience of writing this book as well as your other non-fiction works impact/tailor your approach to writing a fictional novel?

Lawrence Wright I never really take off my journalist hat. I like research because it tells me how the world actually works. As fundamental as that is for journalism, it is also vital for the kind of fiction I write, which is reality based. It's all storytelling, at the end.

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Mark Miano

Mark Miano asked Lawrence Wright:

What is the process you go through for finding the topic that you want to write about next? What is the feeling you get that tells you, “Yeah, this is what I want to spend the next year of my life on!” Has that feeling ever failed you?

A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked Lawrence Wright:

You are one of the few nonfiction authors who is capable of covering a very broad amount of topics. How do you decide where to go next?

Woody

Woody asked Lawrence Wright:

Will you be doing a reading in the Seattle area?

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