"Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil. When she’s not working on her novels or watching Scandal, she can be found blogging and teaching creative writing to her 4,500 subscribers at tomiadeyemi.com. Her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer’s Digest. Her debut West African YA Fantasy novel is Children of Blood and Bone." - Tomiadeyemi.com 

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"Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone Is an Epic Allegory About the Black Experience." The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon via YouTube.com