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Leila Mottley

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About the Author

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.

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Leila Mottley on the Nuances of Black Girlhood in Her Book NIGHTCRAWLING | Inside the Book