Tomi Adeyemi life and biography

Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil.

She is known for her #1 NY Times bestselling Fantasy novel "Children of Blood and Bone". Adeyemi lives in San Diego.

The first book in a trilogy, in Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha) published in 2018, Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.

Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi’s New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy.

Tomi Adeyemi was on the 2020 TIME 100 List.

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