The Toronto Star has an interview with The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall author and Giller prize winner Moyez Vasanji, in which he talks about how someone decided for him that he would study civil engineering (not electrical, as he wished), the history of East Indians in Kenya, his move to Toronto, the book he wanted to write about President Kenyatta, and the book he ended up writing.
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.