Finalists have been announced for the ABA’s Book Sense Book of the Year. For adult fiction, finalists are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich; Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh; and The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
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.