The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held on April 26 and 27 at UCLA, and will include the usual lectures, signings, workshops, etc. Authors expected to attend include Sherman Alexie, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Sandra Cisneros, Christopher Hitchens, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Plimpton, and Elmore Leonard.
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.