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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

3 months

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT we’re having an open casting call for the #childrenofbloodandbone movie 😄🙌🏾🙌🏾 @ABC7

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

and just to be clear, i am okay. i am sharing this because writing is how I process and get through trauma. i am not going to let that bastard ruin my day or my weekend or my life. but THIS is what is happening every single day. to men. women. CHILDREN. #ThisIsAmerica

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

Don’t really have words for this moment. Have officially held my first book. I cannot wait to share #ChildrenofBloodandBone with you all in 30 days

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

my fellow #carats will know why i have the biggest smile on my face

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

This. Is. The. Fucking. Problem. (8/8)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

so i went to the #BTS ⁠ ⁠concert last night...

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

(and, yes—i have a video recording of him making both threats.) when i tried to explain why four white men with badges and guns showing up on a black woman’s doorstep in 2018 was cause for extreme alarm, they said: “this isn’t about race” “I don’t see color” (3/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

ITS HAPPENING YOU GUYS😭😄😭 🙌🏿🙅🏿‍♀️👏🏿🙅🏿‍♀️🙌🏿🙅🏿‍♀️👏🏿🙅🏿‍♀️🙌🏿🙅🏿‍♀️👏🏿🙅🏿‍♀️🙌🏿

The Hollywood Reporter

@THR

6 years

Exclusive: 'Dope' director Rick Famuyiwa tackling YA fantasy 'Children of Blood and Bone'

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

when it was revealed that all they wanted was to see if someone inside had a phone contact that would help them with an investigation, I asked why the officer threatened a search warrant at all or to rip my door off its hinges. the officer denied making either threat (2/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

“I wish the public would stop focusing on the negative. It’s such a small percentage of the police force. I get discriminated against all the time.” then the fucker made a joke. laughed. and walked away. (7/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

so at the end of this encounter i pulled myself together and tried to explain AGAIN how every day for the past two years I’ve seen pictures and videos of white men with badges like theirs and guns like theirs murder and assault innocent black people. (5/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

“I’m colorblind” at this point i had to take a moment to myself. i sat on my floor and cried. but i was hoping—HOPING—this could be a teachable moment for them. (4/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

i tried to explain how understanding that viewpoint would help them positively interact with black people in the future. the officer who threatened to rip my door off its hinges and then denied making this threat interrupted me to say the following: (6/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

3 years

WE GOING TO ORÏSHA BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

One of the unexpected best & funniest things about this #ChildrenofBloodandBone experience is finally connecting with the @BTS_twt ARMY because of my author bio 😂 YOU GUYS I’VE BEEN OBSESSING OVER SUGA ALONE FOR SO LONG

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

IM ON THE 2020 #TIME100 LIST WITH BONG JOON HO AND MEG THE MUTHAF***IN STALLION BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU @TIME !!!!!!!! AND THANK YOU @JOHNBOYEGA FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE:

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

In the past 12 months I've seen more black people on the cover of books than in my entire life. Celebrating with a giveaway, RT to enter!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

MY WHOLE LIFE IS COMPLETE

Lin-Manuel Miranda

@Lin_Manuel

6 years

@itsways Gonna dig into this on the way home, have heard nothing but great things

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

KOBE BRYANTTTTTTTTTTTT READ MY FREAKING BOOK!!!!!! AND HE LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU @kobebryant !!!!!!!!!!!

Kobe Bryant

@kobebryant

7 years

Well deserved @tomi_adeyemi I read it in just about a day!! LOVED it #ChildrenofBloodandBone #congrats

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS TO BE REAL

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

what will be playing in a loop in my head for the entirety of black history month 🙌🏿

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

the face of a girl who's going to have a good weekend (and continue to live her best life). thank you all for the support, and thank you even more to those of you who shared similar stories. we keep fighting and we keep our heads up high. the best revenge you can wear is a smile.

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

I AM SO EXCITED to announce that there is an AMAZING NEW SHOW coming to @netflix and i’ve had to honor of WRITING FOR IT!!!!! 🖊 🙌🏿 #MYDADTHEBOUNTYHUNTER = the black INCREDIBLES in space with the dope animation & colors & music of INTO THE SPIDERVERSE it’s AWESOME

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

today at the end of my talk this young queen marched straight down to my table #childrenofbloodandbone in hand. she skipped the line of 80 people to tell me about the story she’d written for school & all the stories she wants to write. queens like ava-rae are the reason i write.

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

... ... ... #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE HIT THE LIST!!!!!! THANK YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

BEYONCÉ HAS WITNESSED MEEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

if there wasn’t video evidence, i’d be convinced it was an elaborate dream 🙌🏿 full @FallonTonight interview here!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

When I was in sixth grade I had to testify in immigration court for my mom. I sat there on the stand—11 years old—trying to explain to a judge why I needed my mom to stay. When I realized the judge might actually take her away, I cried so hard I could no longer speak (1/?)

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

YOU GUYS DID IT!!!!!!! 65,000 VOTES MADE #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE THE #TONIGHTSHOWSUMMEREAD !!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

my mom tried to get me drunk tonight so she could get book 2 secrets

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

YOUUUUUU GUYYYYYYYYYSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! @JIMMYFALLON IS HOSTING A SUMMER BOOK CLUB ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE IS A FINALIST!!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME VOTE TO MAKE #CBB JIMMY’S PICK!!!!!!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

call me Zélie

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

Yeah...yeah...yeah... yeah...yeah...YEAH!?!?!?!??!?!?!? #childrenofbloodandbone and @usher ?!?!?

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

10 months

MEET YOUR DIRECTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🚨🧝🏿‍♀️🎥✨ so many of you have been on this journey with me for so long. believe me when i tell you that we could not be in more talented, dedicated, and masterful hands | #childrenofbloodandbone

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

🎥🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

Disney

@Disney

4 years

Tomi Adeyemi’s New York Times bestselling novel Children of Blood & Bone is being developed by Lucasfilm in partnership with 20th Century Studios. This coming-of-age adventure follows a young African girl’s quest to restore magic to her forsaken people, the Maji.

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

when you are give a #carat control of the photoshoot playlist

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

THE WAIT IS OVER!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE IS FINALLY OUT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone who’s been on this journey with me & supported this book! Orïsha, Zélie, & I have been waiting for you. #ORISHAFOREVER #NOWWERISE 💖💖💖 x 1000

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

the outfit i shall adorn to meet yoongi tonight at the bts concert. before you ask, yes, i do think it will be love at first sight. yes, i will accept his hand in marriage. if rm or jhope or jimin see me first and fall in love first, yes i shall accept their proposals ⬇️

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

The closest I have ever been to my favorite gif of all time hahah THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS I WILL BE ELOQUENT LATER BUT RIGHT NOW JUST THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

2 years

brazil TE AMO 🙏🏿🇧🇷🤎✨

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

this is true

tobi lou

@tobilou

5 years

and her bias is Boo

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

... ... ... um...THANK YOU @StephenKing !!!!!!!?!?!!!!?!?! 🤯😳☠️💀☠️ (all tweets are now from beyond the grave)

Stephen King

@StephenKing

7 years

How terrific is this???

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

27 today 🙌🏿 grateful for each year and grateful to you guys for making this dream come true 💛

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

three years ago today i discovered these pictures in a gift shop in Brazil that would become the inspiration for #childrenofbloodandbone

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

A year ago today I got to shout that I was going to be a published author Today you guys made #ChildrenofBloodandBone number 1 again To everybody who’s supported this story in any way, I can’t say thank you enough 💖💖💖🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 Thank you for making this dream come true!!!

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

watching this is making it harder to believe that it actually happened lol thank you to everyone who's been sharing this interview and supporting #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE !

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

I keep getting asked in interviews “why YA? why write for teens?” This is why People like Emma Gonzalez who will both inherit and save our world is why

Michael Skolnik

@MichaelSkolnik

7 years

Emma Gonzalez. A student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. An American Hero. Watch This. All of it. The young people will set us free.

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

I 👏🏿 JUST 👏🏿 TURNED 👏🏿 IN 👏🏿 MY 👏🏿 MOTHERFREAKIN 👏🏿 BOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW I SHALL BE DANCING LIKE A KYOSHI WARRIOR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PREPARE FOR TOUR BECAUSE YOU WILL BE DANCING WITH ME AND SCREAMING #VENGEANCEONTHESEHEAUXS

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

IT’S COMING Y’ALL!!! #ChildrenofBloodandBone #2 is officially #ChildrenofVirtueandVengeance description & order links here!!! the more you order, the faster I have to write lol

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

8 years

WORLD!!!!!!! IM GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!!

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

mayyyyy have to make this my new author pic

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

THE COVER FOR #CHILDRENOFVIRTUEANDVENGEANCE IS LIVE!!!!!! 😄😄😄😭😭🙌🏿 COME APPRECIATE ZÉLIE’S RADIANCE WITH ME!!!!!

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@Essence

5 years

This cover is EVERYTHING.

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

before CBB, i spent 4 years on a book that racked up 60+ rejections from agents thought my big break would come when i won a query contest that would display my query for agents alongside 9 others, but i ended up being the only winner to receive 0 requests #shareyourrejections

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

thank you @fallontonight for allowing me to celebrate book 2 and beyoncé 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 📸: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

WE GOT A FINAL BOOK 2 COVER Y’ALL (reveal to come!!!!!)

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

One thing (of many) I have to say: To see my name by the queen @angiecthomas is everything I remember where I was when the news broke about T.H.U.G. & Angie because it was the first time I thought my dreams were possible Thank you Angie & so many others for paving the way

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TOMI

@tomi_adeyemi

3 years

FINALLY I CAN SHARE NEWS!!! 🙌🏿 #childrenofbloodandbone

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

silent celebration for something i can’t share with you yet!!!

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

the face you make when you turn in that 2nd draft of #childrenofvirtueandvengeance this baby’s almost 600 pages & needs so much work it’s not funny, but it’s full of so many things i love, has some of the best writing i think i’ve ever done & i can’t wait to share it w/ you all

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

@_marienadine This is def one of my favorite Twitter threads about the book haha HELLO fellow ARMY who understand me!!!

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

It’s messy. It needs a LOT of work. But first draft of #childrenofbloodandbone ’s sequel is officially done 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 #CBB2 #NowWeRise

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

Sooooooooooo this happened And yes, I cried #ChildrenofBloodandBone

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

next time i go to a BTS concert i’m throwing these at the stage j-hope shall pick it up he will read it we shall fall in love

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@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

when you have your book 3 breakthrough 😄🙌🏿😈

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

when you have some good news because you have the best fans in the world but you’re sworn to temporary secrecy...😈

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

i saw a tweet from @jameelajamil that said women don’t flex enough, so 💪🏿💪🏿👏🏿

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

when i saw this photo i had to meme myself

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 months

we’re officially in a new era 😩🙌🏾

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

just had dinner with the incredible #childrenofbloodandbone screenwriter i ALMOST made it through without freaking out, but then the writer described the opening image of the movie and i burst into tears

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

I AM SCREAMING AND DANCING AND TWERKING IN MY WOMBAT SUIT THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 #ORISHAFOREVER

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

YOU GUYS!!!! IT’S GONNA BE #BLOODANDBONINIT BUT IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿

The Tonight Show

@FallonTonight

6 years

This just in: @Tomi_Adeyemi will be stopping by next Tuesday to talk about the official #TonightShowSummerReads selection → Children of Blood and Bone! 📚 #FallonTonight

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

might have to update that profile pic

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

to everyone who made this happen, thank you from the bottom of my heart 💖💖💖 #TonightShowSummerReads

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

i formally request to be buried in this outfit

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

how it felt part one

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

i was so amped about bts and j-hope i forgot to show you guys how the gray hair turned out

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

my mom came to this country scrubbing toilets at mcdonalds and is now the ceo of her own business 👏🏿👏🏿 happy birthday @RchampionAdeye1 !!! i love you and im so proud of you & i know you’ll see this before a text message because you’ve colonized every social media platform

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

growing up @essence was the only thing i had that allowed me to see black queens and kings, and this month when i open that magazine the little tomi that’s still inside me is gonna get to see this in it 💖 📸: Michael Rowe 💄: Kisha Augustine 👚: @CeeCeePMS

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

hey guys, bare with me - i got some news about the publication date of #childrenofvirtueandvengeance

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@tomi_adeyemi

1 year

it doesn’t feel real. i love you guys. thank you for riding with me until the end! #CHILDRENOFANGUISHANDANARCHY 📚 will be out 6/25/24 🎉 you can preorder now ➡️ interview about the journey dropping soon! #childrenofbloodandbone

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@tomi_adeyemi

4 months

25 days 🙌🏾

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

the face you make when you realize those weird naruto music videos you used to make are still on youtube

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

puts on a blazer once

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

there’s been a lotttt of cool book news to celebrate today so this is your evergreen reminder that when you see someone who’s where you want to be, it’s a reminder that it’s possible for you to get there too

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

The wait is officially over and THE #ChildrenofBloodandBone COVER IS FINALLY HEREEEEE!!! Thank you @TeenVogue !!

Here's a First Look at the Intersectional YA Fantasy Trilogy You're Going to LOVE

Tomi Adeyemi’s highly-anticipated series centers around themes of racism, oppression and power.

www.teenvogue.com

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

that one time i hit my writing goal before midnight

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 months

model by day, writer by night ✍🏾

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

Taye: “I’d love to do a big action film” Me Without Shame: “BE IN THE #CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE MOVIE”

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

Everyone needs to read this. The Hate U Give Dear Martin Tyler Cole Was Here All American Boys Children of Blood and Bone These stories aren’t fiction or fantasy. They’re real lives.

Hermione Danger🪄✨

@YaGrlKK

6 years

How my boyfriend got pulled over by the police for giving a beggar at 7-11 change: A Thread.

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5 years

wrote something for all of my dreamers out there but the TLDR - i spent 4 years working on the first book i tried to get published. that book got rejected by 60 literary agents. - in the 3 years since, i will have written, edited, & published 2 books DONT GIVE UP KEEP GRINDING

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

all ill say is im feeling like this (😄😄😄) because of news about this (🎥🎥🎥)

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

silent celebration for something i can’t share with you yet!!!

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@tomi_adeyemi

5 years

how i felt getting book 1

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

i want to add this to my school presentation on a slide that says “hang in there” #10yearchallenge

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@tomi_adeyemi

4 years

i wish i could make trailers from my thoughts so that you guys could see all the stories that are cooking for you

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@tomi_adeyemi

6 years

how it felt part two

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@tomi_adeyemi

4 months

you guys 🥹 @cynthiaerivo voice has never failed to bring me to tears and the fact that she has lent her gift to the final installment of zélie’s story and this gigantic era in my life is something i know will take me years to process

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@tomi_adeyemi

7 years

Seeing all the rave #BlackPanther reviews & realizing that as a kid I only had the occasional Dean Thomas & Storm cameos Even under Trump, today’s kids are getting - Black Panther - A Wrinkle In Time - T.H.U.G. - Children of Blood and Bone And we’re just getting started 🙌🏿

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@tomi_adeyemi

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