įaizal wrote four other manuscripts before starting the first draft of We Hunt the Flame, which would be her first traditionally published novel. It was a young adult science fiction novel called Unbreathable, set in a distant future where Earth was destroyed and humanity settled on a new planet devastated by food shortages and oxygen scarcity. įaizal self-published her first book under the pen name Hafsah Laziaf in October 2013. Faizal says that her background in design influences her writing to the degree that she considers to be a very visual writer. Aside from writing, she also has been running a book blog called IceyBooks since September 2010. įaizal wrote her first novel at age seventeen. įaizal names fellow young adult novelists Leigh Bardugo, Roshani Chokshi, and Renée Ahdieh as some of her major literary influences and describes Graceling by Kristin Cashore as the book that made her return to reading. At the same age, she first started building her design skills, which led her founding her own web design company, IceyDesigns, at age seventeen. įaizal was homeschooled starting at age thirteen. Faizal is the oldest of four children and has two sisters, Asma and Azraa. Her parents are both Muslim Sri Lankan immigrants. She is an American Muslim of Sri Lankan and Arab descent. Hafsah Faizal is an American author of young adult novels, best known for her New York Times best-selling fantasy novel We Hunt the Flame.įaizal was born in Florida and grew up in California.
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