Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of four novels, including The Moor's Account , which won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent work, The Other Americans , was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , The Nation , Harper's Magazine ,...See more

Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of four novels, including The Moor's Account , which won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent work, The Other Americans , was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , The Nation , Harper's Magazine , The Guardian , and The New York Times . Lalami is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles. ... See less