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Laila Lalami


Morocco (b.1968)

Laila Lalami is a Moroccan American novelist and essayist.

Lalami was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, where she earned her B.A. in English from Université Mohammed V. She is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Secret Son (2009)
   The Moor's Account (2014)
   The Other Americans (2019)
   The Dream Hotel (2025)
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Books containing stories by Laila Lalami
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Simpsonistas Vol. 3 (2021)
(Simpsonistas, book 3)
edited by
Joseph Di Prisco
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Simpsonistas Vol. 2 (2019)
(Simpsonistas, book 2)
edited by
Joseph Di Prisco

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Award nominations
2026 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Dream Hotel
2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Dream Hotel
2019 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : The Other Americans
2019 Kirkus Prize for Fiction (finalist) : The Other Americans
2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Moor's Account


Laila Lalami recommends
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We Were Forbidden (2026)
Jacqueline Harpman
"[I] couldn't put it down. . . It's a deceptively simple but wholly propulsive story that explores the interplay between memory, patriarchy and solidarity."
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The Expert of Subtle Revisions (2025)
Kirsten Menger-Anderson
"A touching and deftly constructed story about the most precious thing we have - time. From modern-day San Francisco to Croatia before the Great War and 1930s Vienna, Kirsten Menger-Anderson follows her characters as they try to solve the mysteries of science, faith, and love. A glorious book."
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Fiona and Jane (2022)
Jean Chen Ho
"In Fiona and Jane, Jean Chen Ho charts the emotional journey of young women brought together or torn apart by families, friends, or lovers. She writes with great beauty and sensitivity about moments in life when the unsaid or unsayable can no longer be held back and the truth gushes forth in all its rawness. This book is a treasure."

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