Tomi Adeyemi

Named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People, Tomi Jasmine Adeyemi is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer and model based in New York. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she wrote the groundbreaking, instant #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series, which includes Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, and Children of Anguish and Anarchy. Tomi's trilogy has sold over three million copies around the world, and its highly anticipated adaptation, starring Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Idris Elba, Regina King, and more, will release in theaters and in IMAX in 2027. When she is not busy writing, Tomi can be found kicking ass in her local boxing gym.