Join OTI for a unique opportunity to discuss some of the most interesting issues of our time with celebrated author, screenwriter, playwright and New Yorker staff writer, Lawrence Wright. Books include: The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11; Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David; and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.

All UCI students, faculty and community members are invited free of charge to engage with Wright as he speaks about what drew him to study the Middle East, his process for investigative reporting, and his path to becoming one of the most celebrated journalists and authors of our time.