Leila Mottley
Biography
Leila Mottley
Leila Mottley is the author of the novels NIGHTCRAWLING, an Oprah’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller, and THE GIRLS WHO GREW BIG, as well as the poetry collection WOKE UP NO LIGHT. She is also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live.
Leila Mottley