# Raymond Khoury

raymond khoury (Arabic: ريمون خوري) (born in Beirut, Lebanon) is a screenwriter and novelist, best known as the author of the 2006 New York Times bestseller The Last Templar. == Biography == === Early years === raymond khoury was born in Lebanon but spent his teenage years in Rye, New York, where his family moved in 1975 to escape the Lebanese Civil War. Khoury returned to Lebanon after his graduation from Rye Country Day High School to attend the American University of Beirut and study architecture.