Leila Mottley

LEILA MOTTLEY is the author of the novel Nightcrawling, an Oprah's Book Club pick and a New York Times best seller. She is also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live.

LEILA MOTTLEY is the author of the novel Nightcrawling, an Oprah's Book Club pick and a New York Times best seller. She is also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live. See less