Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Name: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
ISBN: 9780307700667

by Lawrence Wright

National Book · 2013 · Shortlist

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KnopfJanuary 17, 2013History NonfictionISBN 9780307700667

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction	2013	Shortlist

About This Book

Lawrence Wright's exhaustive investigation into Scientology traces the church from L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction origins through its Hollywood influence and allegations of abuse and coercion. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with former members, including major celebrity defectors, Wright exposes a secretive organization that has reshaped American religious and pop culture. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award.

About the Author

Lawrence WrightAmerican

Lawrence Wright (born 1947) is an American author and investigative journalist best known for his nonfiction works The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (2006), which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013). A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, he has also authored novels like The End of October (2020) and received three National Magazine Awards. LawrenceWright.com