The Oregon Book Awards were announced last Thursday. The fiction awards were judged by Colson Whitehead and he selected Axeman’s Jazz by Tracy Daugherty in the novel category and Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories by Scott Nadelson in the short fiction category. The Oregonian has a report that gives a bit more detail about the winners in all categories.
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.