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
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Conditional Citizens
The Other Americans
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The Dream Hotel
Conditional Citizens
The Other Americans
The Moor's Account

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Wed Mar 05 | 07:00 PM
POLITICS & PROSE
5015 CONNECTICUT AVE NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20008-2024
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Thu Mar 06 | 07:00 PM
HARVARD BOOK STORE INC
1256 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3820
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CENTER FOR FICTION
15 LAFAYETTE AVE
BROOKLYN, NY 11217-1415
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MAGIC CITY BOOKS
221 E ARCHER ST
TULSA, OK 74103-2409
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KEPLERS
1010 EL CAMINO REAL
MENLO PARK, CA 94025-4349
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
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SEATTLE, WA 98122-3806
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