Throw out those longlists, because this year's National Book Awards finalists have been announced.
Growing up in Rabat, Morocco, author Laila Lalami loved “Adventures of Tintin” comic books and identified with Tintin, a young reporter who solves crimes.Other topics explored across the genres include the Rwandan genocide , high school love and climate change .
The National Book Awards ceremony and benefit dinner will be hosted by LeVar Burton, host of “Reading Rainbow” and costar of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and will include lifetime achievement awards presented to Edmund White and Oren J. Teicher. White will receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, while Teicher will accept the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.
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