Explore Tomi Adeyemi net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Nigerian-American novelist and teacher who specializes in creative writing. She is most recognized for her Young Adult Fantasy novel entitled “Children of Blood and Bone” which was picked up by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill Productions for a feature film adaptation. In this article, we will discover how old is Tomi Adeyemi? Who is Tomi Adeyemi dating now & how much money does Tomi Adeyemi have?

Name	Tomi Adeyemi
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Last Name	Adeyemi
Occupation	Novelist
Birthday	August 1
Birth Year	1993
Place of Birth	United States
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Birth Sign	Leo
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Tomi Adeyemi Biography

Tomi Adeyemi is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on August 1, 1993 in United States, United States. She named Sabaa Tahir‘s novel An Ember in the Ashes as an inspiration for Children of Blood and Bone in an interview with Vulture in February of 2018.

Tomi Adeyemi (born August 1, 1993) is a Nigerian-American novelist and creative writing coach. She is known for her book Children of Blood and Bone, the first in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, which won the 2018 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy and is a finalist for the 2019 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

Fox 2000 has purchased the film adaptation rights to the book. Reportedly the deals for the publishing and film rights were approximately seven figures. Deadline described it as “one of the biggest YA debut novel publishing deals ever.”

She was born and raised in San Diego, California.

Her personal website and blog where she shares her writing along with tips and techniques for the craft was listed as one of the best 101 websites for writers by Writer’s Digest.

Tomi Adeyemi was born on August 1st, 1993 in the United States to parents who emigrated from Nigeria, and struggled financially when Adeyemi was a child. Her father was a physician in Nigeria but found employment as a taxi driver while he waited to transfer his qualifications. Adeyemi’s mother worked as a cleaning woman. Adeyemi grew up in Chicago, not being exposed to her Nigerian heritage, her parents decided not to teach her or her siblings their native tongue. She would later embrace her heritage as an adult, explaining, “I didn’t think too much of it and I think that is the kind of an experience of the first generation. You’re just trying to fit in. You don’t realize how cool your culture is until you get out of that phase of trying to fit in.” She would later describe one of her novels as a love letter to her culture.

Tomi Adeyemi Net Worth

Tomi is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tomi Adeyemi's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

She graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature. She then went on to study African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil.

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Adeyemi’s debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone, was released in March 2018, and debuted at number 1 on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover Bestseller List. It is a young-adult (YA) fantasy novel, featuring protagonist Zélie Adebola, who fights a monarchy to return magic to her people. Adeyemi has said she wanted to write a fantasy novel set in West Africa so that “a little Black girl [could] pick up my book one day and see herself as the star…I want her to know that she’s beautiful and she matters and she can have a crazy, magical adventure even if an ignorant part of the world tells her she can never be Hermione Granger.” Children of Blood and Bone was awarded the 2018 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy and is a finalist for the 2019 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

For reasons unclear, her second novel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance was pushed back from its initial release date of March 2019 to June 2019. According to some Amazon users, the book was pushed back again from June 2019 to December 2019. Adeyemi later admitted on her Instagram that her publisher offered her two choices: June 2019 and December 2019, but she chose the former so fans would not have to wait. Unfortunately, the workload was too much and the author, editors, and publisher agreed to give the second book more time.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In November 2018, Adeyemi accused Nora Roberts of plagiarizing the title of her book, Children of Blood and Bone. Adeyemi later retracted the accusation saying “after talking to her, I believe our titles were created in isolation”. Roberts later clarified that her book had been titled and submitted to her publisher one year before Adeyemi’s. She also criticised Adeyemi’s lack of fact checking and the fact that Adeyemi had not deleted the accusation a day later. According to the United States Copyright Office, copyright “does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases.”

Who is Tomi Adeyemi Dating?

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Adeyemi graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Illinois in 2011. Tomi was qualified into the Hinsdale Central High School Foundation’s Young Scholar Program in 2008 and went on to win their “Young Scholars” scholarship in 2010-2011. During her senior year, Tomi also received the Rani Sharma scholarship. She went on to graduate from Harvard University with an honors degree in English Literature, then studied West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil, on a fellowship.

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Tomi Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tomi Adeyemi celebrates birthday on August 1 of every year.

Is Tomi Adeyemi the new JK Rowling?

Even before her debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone, came out in March 2018, people called Tomi Adeyemi the next J.K. Rowling. But the 25-year-old writer isn’t the “next” anything; she’s a firebrand of her own.

Why is Tomi Adeyemi influential?

Tomi Adeyemi was part of the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2019 and TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020 in the “Pioneers” category. In addition to her successful writing career, Tomi teaches creative writing through her online product – The Writer’s Roadmap.

What is Tomi Adeyemi writing style?

Tomi’s writing is strong; well embased, and she constructs a fast-paced narrative without forgetting the details. Capable of building a bridge between her writing and young readers, Tomi is an inspiration for authors that want to reach a big audience.

How old was Tomi Adeyemi?

28 years (August 1, 1993)

Who is Tomi Adeyemi's agent?

Tomi Adeyemi – Curtis Brown.

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