The Booker longlist has been announced. I’m thrilled to see that Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss has been included. Other nominated books of note: Hisham Matar’s In The Country of Men, Nadine Gordimer’s Get A Life, and David Mitchell’s Black Swan Green. I predict the prize will go to Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch.
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.