Maud was on a year end panel with Jessa of Bookslut, Michael Orthofer of the Complete Review, Alex Good of Goodreports and Robert Birnbaum of Identity Theory. The panel was given five topics to discuss: Feel-Good Story of the Year; Enough Already!; Under-Reported Story of the Year; The Apocalypse is Upon Us; Books of the Year; and Predictions. Their responses are 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.