I'm a young Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.

We talk about writing, history, rules and cool stuff.

And today we're going to talk about writing and cool stuff because I have tomi at a yummy

with me here today.

She is a novelist and writing coach.

She is named Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2020.

Unlike Grandma Girl, her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers

by writers digest.

Tomi graduated from Harvard with an honors degree in English literature, fellow English

majors, the United States of America, the United States of America, the United States of America.

And after graduating, she got a fellowship to study West African mythology, religion

and culture in Brazil, which is where she got the inspiration for her mega bestselling

young adult fantasy book Children of Blood and Bone.

The first in what is now a series that also went just a slew of awards.

And now she teaches a very cool writing course that maybe some of you could take, which

we'll definitely talk about a little later.

But first, welcome, tomi.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm so excited to have you here today.

I loved your book, your books.

And I know we're waiting for the third.

And yes, I'm writing the third.

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