Ever wondered about the literary connections of a particular state? I’ve only ever thought of the question when I lived in California, that land so easily dismissed by East Coasters as the home of choice of movie stars and nouveaux riches. A Sunday Times article by Alan Bisbort surveys the state of Connecticut through its literary real estate. Bisbort even calls Connecticut “a Land of Canaan for writers.” (Get it? Get it?) At any rate, among writers who have owned homes there are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hellen Keller, Maxwell E. Perkins and Thornton Wilder.
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.