I just checked the Amazon page for Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, and nearly fell out of my chair. Apparently, readers who bought HODP also bought Nedjma’s The Almond. WTF? Sure, both are set in Morocco, but, really, you couldn’t pick two more different books if you tried. Bizarre.
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.