As has been widely reported, the longlist for the Booker Prize was announced. I was pleased to see Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist included, but surprised that J. M. Coetzee’s new book, Diary of A Bad Year, was not. Still, it’s nice to see younger authors get a shot. (The shortlist will be announced on September 6 and the winner on October 16.)
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.