After TMFTML went offline (and was almost immediately thereafter identified as Mr. Alex Balk) a new anonymous book blog is having everyone playing guessing games. Using the nom de guerre Mad Max Perkins, the veteran book editor (or so people say, who knows?) blogs at BookAngst 101 (and seems rather fond of red and blue fonts.) Last week Mad Max posted the results of an (anonymous) survey of editors, in which they talked frankly about book marketing (or rather, lack thereof.)
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.