She was also motivated by the then trending # BringBackOurGirls movement in Nigeria which stood against kidnapping of school girls by Boko Haram terrorists and the trauma of faced by child soldiers who have taken part in wars. Falaye began writing the book in 2012 and drew inspiration from the Orisha and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart which was the first book she read while growing up. She had always wanted to write a book based on her culture and wrote two unpublished books before settling on Blood Scion. Development įalaye grew up in Nigeria where she was fed daily with Nigerian and Yoruba mythology and culture mostly by her grandmother until she migrated to Canada with her family and noticed how different she was from other black kids.
The kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria by terrorists, colonization and the trauma felt by child soldiers settling after years of war and conflict motivated her to develop the story of Blood Scion. Writing the book over 10 years, Falaye drew inspiration from novels like Things Fall Apart, A Long Way Gone and They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children and as well as West African mythology and the Yoruba culture and language. Falaye's debut novel inspired by Nigerian and Yoruba mythology was published on 8 March 2022 by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins as the first book in a planned series.
Blood Scion is a 2022 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian Canadian writer Deborah Falaye.
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