Publications and Projects
Conde Nast Traveler letter: “For Author Leila Mottley, A Changing Oakland Will Always Be Home”
Oprah Daily short story: “Juneteenth Babies”
Poem with Chapter 510/Youth Radio: “Love Poem to Oakland”
New York Times youth poetry feature: “Fire Season”
Tribeca Film Festival documentary: “When I Write It”
Selected Press
Harper’s Bazaar 2023 Icons Issue: “Novelist Leila Mottley on Becoming a Literary Star at the Age of 21”
New York Times Book Review: “In This Sex-Trafficking Ring, the Johns Are the Oakland Police”
New York Times Writers to Watch: “Writers to Watch This Summer”
Mother Jones profile: “A 17-Year-Old Processes Police Sexual Violence in One of the Summer’s Most Anticipated Novels”
San Francisco Chronicle profile: “Oakland teen Leila Mottley making major splash with searing debut novel ‘Nightcrawling’”
LA Times profile: “‘I have a lot of time’: Oakland poet-novelist phenom Leila Mottley, 19, has just begun”
NPR interview: “'Nightcrawling' follows a woman who turns to sex work to support her family”
The Guardian profile: “Teenager Leila Mottley on writing her debut novel: ‘I’ve always done things at a warp speed’”
Video Interviews
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: "Writing Stories on Black Girlhood | The Daily Show"
Late Night With Seth Meyers: “Leila Mottley Released Her First Book Nightcrawling at 19 Years Old”
CBS Mornings: "Leila Mottley's debut book "Nightcrawling" is next selection for Oprah's Book Club"