The shortlist for the Guardian Book Award has been announced. The list is a mix of genres, as the award is not specifically meant for fiction as opposed to poetry and nonfiction. The list: Ground Water by Matthew Hollis; Natasha by David Bezmozgis; Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke; The Places in Between by Rory Stewart; and Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi.
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.