Lawrence Wright, staff writer for the New Yorker, talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In his book, the author, who interviewed over two hundred former and current Scientologists, examines the inner workings of the Church, recounts its history, and profiles its founder, the late science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard. Lawrence Wright spoke at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.