Diana Abu-Jaber, the author of the critically acclaimed Arabian Jazz, will have a new book out in April, called Crescent. Here is the teaser: “What do Saddam Hussein, actor Richard Burton and a mermaid named Alieph have in common? They all play bit roles in Diana Abu-Jaber’s lyrical new novel, “Crescent,” about Sirine, a 39-year-old Iraqi-American chef in Los Angeles, and her love affair with Hanif Al Eyad, an Arabic literature professor and Iraqi exile haunted by his past.”
More about Abu-Jaber’s book here.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.