MG reader Dan Olivas sends notice that May has been designated as Latino Books Month by the Association of American Publishers. I didn’t know that books had ethnicities! It’d be one thing if they’d called it “Latino Writers’ Month” or “Latino Voices’ Month” but “Latino Books” just sounds strange. Still, I can’t really find fault with any initiative that promotes books to people. So.
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.