Leila Mottley
Leila Mottley is an emerging American author known for her debut novel 'Nightcrawling,' which was published in 2022. At the age of 17, she was named Oakland's 2018 Youth Poet Laureate. Her work often explores themes of social justice, community, and resilience.
Books
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1. Nightcrawling
In this gritty and evocative novel, readers are introduced to a young Black woman living in Oakland who, struggling to keep her family afloat after being abandoned by her mother and incarcerated by her brother, turns to sex work to survive. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she becomes entangled with a corrupt police department, exposing systemic abuse and sparking a complex journey through the criminal justice system. The protagonist's resilience and the poetic exploration of her inner world offer a raw and powerful examination of race, poverty, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of institutional betrayal and personal adversity.
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