Laila Lalami is the author of three novels including The Moor's Account, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the American Book Award. She has written for publications including the Guardian and the New York Times, and is the recipient of a British Council Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Los Angeles.@LailaLalami

'One of the most affecting novels I have ever read about race and immigration ... Subtle, wise and full of humanity' THE TIMESThe acclaimed novel from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Booker Prize-longlisted author

The Moor's Account was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015. It also won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Finalist for the National Book Award 2019An Observer, Literary Review and Time Book of the Year'One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity' The TimesLate one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters, deeply divided by race, religion and class. As the characters tell their stories and the mystery unfolds, Driss's family is forced to confront its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, in all its messy and unpredictable forms, is born.'A state-of-America family saga told as a slow-burn detective story' Observer'Exceptionally rich' Sunday Times'Confirms Lalami's reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world' Financial Times