Harry Potter fans (whose numbers include my husband) can finally mark their calendars for June 21. That’s when they can assault bookstores for the worldwide release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And you can already pre-order it at Amazon.com.
In other YA book news, Publishers’ Weekly’s Off the Cuff awards were announced today. Poor Michael Chabon. They picked his Summerland as the most over-rated book of the year. Ouch. Not everyone can have J.K. Rowling’s mojo. Not even Joyce Carol Oates’ latest.
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.