This 23-year-old Nigerian writer just struck gold with her novel and everyone is talking about it

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Tomi Adeyemi has joined the league of amazing Nigerian writers who have shown that their books deserve a spot on the big screen.

The 23-year-old lady’s debut fantasy novel, ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ recently got signed by Fox 2000 for the first installment of a fantasy novel trilogy.

Tomi Adeyemi’s debut novel Children of Blood and Bone, which is yet to be published is already headed for the big screen

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The book which is yet to be published will be turned into a movie which means that another Nigerian adapted film will hit the cinemas soon.

Report has it that this deal landed at or near seven-figures.

She landed a seven-figure deal with Macmillan Publishing

The novel is a Black Lives Matter-inspired fantasy which weaves in African culture and characters and mixes it with magic to create an intriguing mythology.

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It tells the story of a

little girl called Zelie Adebola who watched the king’s guards hang her mother on a tree outside her home at the age of six and her quest to end the senseless violence and oppression by the lighter-skinned royal class and also bring magic back to her people.

The novel which is a first of a three part series, tells the story of a girl Zélie Adebola, who must fight against the monarchy to bring back magic to her people

Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego. She graduated from Harvard before receiving a fellowship to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil.

She offers expertise and free writing tips to aspiring authors via her website TomiAdeyemi.com

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