As Carrie mentioned over at Tingle Alley, the October issue of The Believer will have an interview by ZZ Packer of John Kerry. Packer is also featured, along with Junot Diaz, Paul Auster, Wallace Shawn, Norman Mailer and others in this article by Robert McCrum for The Observer about U.S. writers’ views of the upcoming election.
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.