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.

Tomi Adeyemi is standing between two worlds. When Children of Anguish and Anarchy came out this week, she closed a chapter that began seven years ago, when her she sold her debut Children of Blood ...

Tomi Adeyemi has brought the gods back and, to be honest, she is a goddess herself. As a 23-year-old, the Nigerian-American author, speaker, and fashionista broke open the doors for Afro-fantasy ...

We’re really in sync.” Adeyemi is bursting with excitement and joy and energy today, but she is most of the time. She loves writing but has a list of other passions, as well.

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 ...

The young adult fantasy Children of Blood and Bone thrust Tomi Adeyemi into the spotlight, debuting at number one on the New York Times' YA best-seller list. The novel was inspired by everything ...

If you haven’t read the book yet, you’ve at least seen the cover. Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone broke records — as well as the internet — when it first hit the scene in 2018.

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.

Adeyemi’s first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Its sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at No. 1 on the Times list.

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 ...