Toyin Adeyemi is a writer, editor, and educator whose work is shaped by a sustained commitment to clarity, craft, and public meaning. Trained as a creative writer at the School of the Arts at Columbia University, where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing, she has spent her career working across literary, academic, and professional contexts to help ideas move—between disciplines, institutions, and audiences.

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She is the Founder and CEO of ALCG Books, a writing community primarily dedicated to supporting writers whose voices are often marginalized within American publishing. Through ALCG, she works closely with writers at every stage of development.

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Toyin is currently a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she teaches advanced courses in professional writing and composition courses in the academic writing program. 

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Before entering academia full-time, Toyin spent more than a decade working in communications and creative strategy, translating complex ideas for real-world audiences. In leadership roles spanning technical writing, editorial management, and brand strategy, she supported organizations including Microsoft, Macy’s, and Columbia Business School Executive Education, contributing to measurable gains in engagement, clarity, and project effectiveness. These experiences continue to inform her approach to writing instruction and editorial work.

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Alongside her professional and academic practice, Toyin has remained engaged in creative production and collaborative storytelling. Her work includes fiction, nonfiction, and co-producing an immersive story-world that premiered at the United Nations Envision Film Festival. She has also served as a Scholastic Writing Awards judge through Writopia, supporting young writers as they learn to articulate their voices with confidence and precision.

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Earlier in her career, she taught writing at American University, Columbia University’s C/AT program, and Bellevue College, and while living in Seattle served on the Board of Directors of the Columbia Alumni Association of the Pacific Northwest, where she led regional charitable initiatives as Philanthropy Chair.

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Outside of her professional work, Toyin values time spent in conversation and community. She is an attentive reader and lifelong learner, shaped by writers such as Toni Morrison, George Eliot, Buchi Emecheta, Nuruddin Farah, and Zadie Smith, and by long-form film projects including The Apu Trilogy and The Up Series. She welcomes thoughtful exchange and is always glad to receive book or film recommendations through the site’s contact page.

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