Publishers Lunch reports on an interesting new deal about for a book in translation, an all-too rare occurence here in the States.
French bestseller L’AMANDE (The Almond) by Nedjma, called the first erotic work written by a Muslim woman, to Morgan Entrekin at Grove/Atlantic (US) and Patrick Janson-Smith and Michele Hutchison at Transworld UK, in nice deals, by Heidi Warneke at Plon.
Ahem. If you actually believe that in 1,400 years there hasn’t been an erotic book by a Muslim woman…maybe you should buy this one.
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.