Leon Uris is dead. Uris is best-known for his novel Exodus (which was made into a movie directed by Otto Preminger and starring Paul Newman). The portrayal of Arabs in Exodus and The Haj (primitive, “noble savages,” etc.) earned Uris few friends among Arabs, but otherwise the novels were hugely successful.
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.