The 2004 Oregon Book Awards will be announced tomorrow and the Portland Tribune does its bit to bring some attention to them. You can see the full list of finalists here. The judge for both the novel and short fiction categories this year is Colson Whitehead and the ceremony will be emceed by Rick Bass. I don’t have tickets, but if you do go, please send along your impressions.
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.