Audience: About 35.
Anxiety index: 3 (out of 10).
Surprise guest(s): Writer Lillian Howan, who stopped by with her teenage son.
No. of Moroccans who said hello: 1.
Last night’s event at Black Oak Books was a joint reading with Frances Dinkelspiel, Michelle Richmond, and Kevin Smokler. We each read a brief excerpt from our books, and later had a discussion about writing in the blogging age.
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.