Andrew Klavan

Novelist, screenwriter, commentator

Andrew Klavan is a bestselling author, award-winning screenwriter, and one of the sharpest voices in conservative media. With a career spanning crime fiction, Hollywood thrillers, and cultural commentary, Klavan has mastered the art of storytelling across multiple platforms.

Rising to prominence with hit thrillers True Crime and Don’t Say A Word (each adapted into acclaimed films), he has authored nearly 50 books across nearly as many years.
Today, he hosts his eponymous show on The Daily Wire and continues to pen best-selling works of fiction and non-fiction, currently preparing for the release of his next book - The Kingdom Of Cain: Finding God In The Literature Of Darkness.

Why did we invite him back?

We’ve spoken to Andrew twice before, and through those conversations, he cemented himself as one of the most articulate, compelling voices on the subject of art, its morality and its cultural cache. Andrew believes strongly that not only is art downstream from its society, but that society is downstream from art, and great art can elevate whole nations into eras of glory and prosperity.

With the West seeming to turn a corner on wokeism and censorship, can we expect a minor renaissance in the arts? We wanted to hear it from Andrew.

What did we learn?

First, we wanted to talk about America. Since our last conversation, the most baffling whirlwind of sensationalist politics has come and gone, and America is still reeling in the aftermath. As someone who, after a spell of living in the UK, came to conservative politics later in life, we wanted to know what Andrew’s perspective was on the current climate.

”I was the only person at the Daily Wire that knew he would be re-elected and re-elected that night. And [when he was], I felt a kind of peace I rarely feel … It’s amazing what he did.”

To Andrew, Trump is a flawed but necessary figurehead. He represents the unshaking, unshrinking willingness to tell the truth how you see it - they’ll try to take you down, but truth will triumph. And that victory has been shaped by the internet; the mainstream media no longer has the monopoly on information, and falsehoods and lies can be exposed as they’re happening.

But it fostered a different problem. Now, it’s a game of clicks, a fight for attention, and it’s difficult to achieve either with mundane honesty. Today, there’s currency in antagonism - saying the unsayable, poking the bear, finding a scapegoat. Going forward, is that something we need to worry about?

”A lie gets around the world before the facts get their pants on, but the facts do have an effect over time. There’s an answer to the lies … and those guys fade to the margins. I’m not certain, but I have faith.”

On the subject of faith, we turn to the religious right. As conservatism makes a societal comeback, with it comes increased interest in the Christian aspect. As a man who came to religion late, what does Andrew think?