Laila Lalami, author portrait
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Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami is the author of five books, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; was on the longlist for the Booker Prize; and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller, won the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Lalami's writing appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Harper’s, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. She lives in Los Angeles.

www.lailalalami.com
The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick
Conditional Citizens
Secret Son
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
The Other Americans
The Moor's Account

Sat Apr 26 | 04:00 PM
Arab American National Museum
13624 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126
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Books

The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick
Conditional Citizens
Secret Son
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
The Other Americans
The Moor's Account

Events

Sat Apr 26 | 04:00 PM
Arab American National Museum
13624 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126
Google Map

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