Luster
LusterRaven Leilani
Characters in Luster
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Edie (Luster)
A twenty-three-year-old Black woman working an admin job in New York while secretly trying to become a painter; the novel's narrator.
Supporting characters
Eric (Luster)
A middle-aged white digital archivist in an open marriage with Rebecca; begins an affair with Edie.
Rebecca (Luster)
Eric's wife, a medical examiner who sets the terms of their open marriage and later brings Edie into the household.
Akila
Eric and Rebecca's twelve-year-old adopted Black daughter, to whom Edie becomes an informal mentor.