Leila Mottley
AmericanLiterary FictionContemporary FictionPoetryb. 2002
Leila Mottley is an American novelist and poet, born in 2002 and raised in Oakland, California. She gained national recognition as the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. Her debut novel, Nightcrawling, was a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah's Book Club pick, and was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making her the youngest author ever nominated for the award.
Awards
['Oakland Youth Poet Laureate (2018)', 'Booker Prize Longlist (2022)', 'PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Longlist (2023)']
Notable Works
['Nightcrawling', 'woke up no light', 'The Girls Who Grew Big']
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