Tomi Adeyemi

Named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo & Nebula Award-winning Nigerian-American writer, model, & writing teacher based in New York. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology, religion, & culture in Salvador, Brazil. Her first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list & remained on the list for over 120 weeks. Its highly anticipated sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Tomi’s Children of Blood and Bone trilogy is being developed into a feature film with Paramount Pictures with Gina Prince-Bythwood, director of The Woman King, set to direct. Tomi can be found teaching creative writing at The Writer's Roadmap. In 2020, she was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, and her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer’s Digest.