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Adeyemi, Tomi

Adeyemi, Tomi

Author Biography & Works

Tomi Adeyemi is an American writer and creative writing coach. She is best known for her novel Children of Blood and Bone, the first in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, which debuted #1 on The New York Times Best Sellers List, and won the 2018 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, the 2019 Waterstones Book Prize, and the 2019 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. In 2019, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and in 2020, she was named to the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020 in the "Pioneers" category.

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Books by Adeyemi, Tomi

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1)

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1)

"Children of Blood and Bone" is a young adult fantasy novel written by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi. The novel was published in March 2018 and is the first installment in...

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