So I’m back after a dizzying week of workshops, panels, discussions, meetings and readings. I was able to work on a couple of stories, made new friends and spent some time catching up with old ones. I also got to meet a whole bunch of cool people like Whitney Otto, Elissa Schappell, Aimee Bender, Chuck d’Ambrosio, etc. I was so busy that I didn’t get a chance to write a single word during the week, and by Friday I was starting to hear voices, characters yapping in my ear. So I’m happy to be back and eager to get back to 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.