Tomi Adeyemi says she does not plan to watch adaptation of her novel
Author Tomi Adeyemi discusses the pressures that followed the success of Children of Blood and Bone and her difficult experience with its film adaptation. In an interview about her new novel, The Siren, Adeyemi says putting her portrait on the cover was a statement of ownership after 12 years spent in the world of her earlier trilogy.
Tomi Adeyemi has discussed the pressures surrounding the success of her debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone, and the film adaptation that became a source of distress for her.
Adeyemi’s debut received a record-breaking young adult book deal and became the first novel in a trilogy. In an interview about her new novel, The Siren, she said she does not plan to watch the film adaptation.
The cover of The Siren features a photograph of Adeyemi. She described the decision to use her portrait as a statement of ownership after 12 years spent inside the world of Children of Blood and Bone and its adaptation.
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