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The Scostman takes the angle of “Wow! black people want to write trashy novels too!” in this profile of Lesley Lokko, an architect turned author. The Scottish-born, Ghana-raised Lokko spent a few years in South Africa and came back to Scotland with an idea for a novel
“When I first started, I remember ringing up an agent and saying I wanted to write a book about Africa. He just said, ‘If you want to sell 300 copies, go ahead. Africa doesn’t sell.’ I kept thinking, ‘Would it be possible to write about Africa in the genre of a blockbuster? Could you write Africa with Shirley Conran in mind?'”
And she did.
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.