Leila Mottley
Official Panelist
2025 Participant · Fiction · Contemporary
Leila Mottley
Leila is the author of the novel Nightcrawling, an Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller, and 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.
Book Title(s)
- The Girls Who Grew Big: A Novel
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