Tomi Adeyemi’s Books Are Fantasy. What They Taught Her Is Painfully Real. With her new book, “Children of Anguish and Anarchy,” Adeyemi is wrapping up her best-selling Legacy of Orïsha series.

One of the most celebrated YA novels in recent history—Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone —is finally making its way to the big screen. The first installment in Adeyemi’s Legacy of ...

In early 2025, Tomi Adeyemi announced the cast of Children of Blood & Bone, which includes household names such as Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Regina King, and Cynthia Erivo.

Tomi Adeyemi gave herself a one-week break between writing Children of Blood and Bone (the first draft of which took a month) and Children of Virtue and Vengeance. Good for her that she’s given ...

“Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone has not only become a phenomenon in the YA world, it has transformed every expectation of what world-building fantasy can be,” said Co-President of ...

The movie adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's debut YA novel, Children of Blood and Bone, is officially on the horizon. After years in the making, it looks like the literary phenomenon is finally shaping ...