Wright is the author of six books but is best known for his 2006 publication , '' The Looming Tower : Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 '' . A quick bestseller , '' The Looming Tower '' was awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize , the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction , and is frequently referred to by some media pundits as being an excellent source of background information on Al Qaeda and the September 11 attacks . The book 's title is a phrase from the : " Wherever you are , death will find you , even in the looming tower " , which Osama bin Laden quoted three times in a videotaped speech seen as directed to the 9/11 hijackers
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Lawrence Wright