Laila Lalami
<DIV>Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. Her work has appeared in the <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, the <I>Nation</I>, the <I>New York Times</I>, the <I>Washington Post</I>, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship and was short-listed for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2006. She lives in Los Angeles.<br><br></DIV>