Norma Khouri has yet to speak up to defend the allegations made last week by Malcom Knox that she completely fabricated her best-selling memoir about her “friend” Dalia, a Muslim woman killed by her Jordanian father for her relationship with a Christian man. Knox, who first broke the story, reports that Khouri has “fled her Bribie Island home” and that her publisher, Random House, has withdrawn the book from sale. One of her neighbors, though, says that “she’s sure [the book] is all true.” Yeah, and I’m sure all Australians are boisterous crocodile hunters.
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.