Born: January 5, 1985
Birthplace: Nigeria
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Luvvie Ajayi is a Nigerian American
author, speaker, and digital strategist. Her 2016 book, I'm Judging You: The
Do-Better Manual was a New York Times best-seller.
Ajayi is a member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.
Ajayi began her marketing
and digital strategy career and started blogging in 2003. Her site AwesomelyLuvvie.com
amassed a following, particularly for Ajayi's recaps of television shows like
Scandal, drawing the attention of Scandal showrunner Shonda Rhimes.
In 2016, The New York
Times reported that Ajayi had an audience of approximately 500,000 between her Twitter
feed and the Awesomely Luvvie website. That same year, she was the first
writer invited to speak at the National Museum of African American History and
Culture, and her event sold out.
In 2018, Ajayi launched
two podcasts: "Rants and Randomness with Luvvie Ajayi" and
"Jesus and Jollof," cohosted by Yvonne Orji.
In 2021, she published another
New York Times best-seller, Professional Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual.
In 2022, Ajayi was
selected as the opening speaker for the annual Public Library Association
conference. She was also the closing speaker for the 2022 American Library
Association conference.