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| genre = [[Young adult fiction]] |
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'''Hafsah Faizal''' is an American author of [[Young adult fiction|young adult novels]], best known for her [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best-selling]] fantasy novel ''[[We Hunt the Flame]]''. |
'''Hafsah Faizal''' is an American author of [[Young adult fiction|young adult novels]], best known for her [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best-selling]] fantasy novel ''[[We Hunt the Flame]]''. |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Faizal was born in [[Florida]] and grew up in [[California]].<ref name=":0">{{ |
Faizal was born in [[Florida]] and grew up in [[California]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/79808-q-a-with-hafsah-faizal.html|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-05-22|title=Q&A with Hafsah Faizal|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523232507/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/79808-q-a-with-hafsah-faizal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She is an [[American Muslim]]<ref name=":0" /> of [[Sri Lanka]]n and [[Arabs|Arab]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/in-we-hunt-the-flame-author-hafsah-faizal-dares-readers-to-redefine-their-vision-of-the-middle-east-17890067|title=This YA Author Wants You To Rethink Your Vision Of The Middle East|website=Bustle|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901223729/https://www.bustle.com/p/in-we-hunt-the-flame-author-hafsah-faizal-dares-readers-to-redefine-their-vision-of-the-middle-east-17890067|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents are both Muslim Sri Lankan immigrants.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/finding-yourself-through-fantasy-and-culture/|title=Finding Yourself Through Fantasy and Culture|last=Faizal|first=Hafsah|date=2019-05-15|website=Tor.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518184813/https://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/finding-yourself-through-fantasy-and-culture/|url-status=live}}</ref> Faizal is the oldest of four children and has two sisters, Asma and Azraa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dvpit.com/faizal-cusick.html|title=#DVPit Faizal-Cusick|website=dvpit.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":5" /> |
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Faizal was homeschooled starting at age thirteen. At the same age, she first started building her design skills, which led her founding her own [[web design]] company, IceyDesigns, at age seventeen.<ref>{{ |
Faizal was homeschooled starting at age thirteen. At the same age, she first started building her design skills, which led her founding her own [[web design]] company, IceyDesigns, at age seventeen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookish.com/articles/hafsah-faizal-we-hunt-the-flame/|title=Debut Author Hafsah Faizal Shares Her Road to Publishing We Hunt the Flame|last=Cuadrado|first=Dana|date=2019-05-13|website=Bookish|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-22|archive-date=May 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515003834/https://www.bookish.com/articles/hafsah-faizal-we-hunt-the-flame/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=5&podcast=980|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-05-22|title=PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Hafsah Faizal|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609181554/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=5&podcast=980|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://spinemagazine.co/articles/hafsah-faizal|title=Author/Designer Hafsah Faizal on Writing We Hunt the Flame|website=SPINE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426114637/https://spinemagazine.co/articles/hafsah-faizal|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Faizal 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.bluefairytales.com.au/2019/05/14/qa-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal/|title=Q&A! We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal|last=Tales|first=Miss Blue Fairy|date=2019-05-14|website=Blue Fairy Tales|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317201102/http://www.bluefairytales.com.au/2019/05/14/qa-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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She lives in [[Texas]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=hafsah-faizal-and-nafiza-azad-interview|title=First Flames: An Interview Between Debut Authors Hafsah Faizal and Nafiza Azad|last=Hershberger|first=Katy|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-05-22|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517091133/https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=hafsah-faizal-and-nafiza-azad-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Faizal 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 fall in love with reading.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bluefairytales.com.au/2019/05/14/qa-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal/|title=Q&A! We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal|last=Tales|first=Miss Blue Fairy|date=2019-05-14|website=Blue Fairy Tales|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> |
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Faizal is a [[niqabi]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gandhi|first=Lakshmi|date=April 16, 2019|title=How sharing her Muslim identity helped Hafsah Faizal write her debut novel|work=[[NBC News]]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/how-sharing-her-muslim-identity-helped-hafsah-faizal-write-her-n994681|access-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref> She lives in [[Texas]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=hafsah-faizal-and-nafiza-azad-interview|title=First Flames: An Interview Between Debut Authors Hafsah Faizal and Nafiza Azad|last=Hershberger|first=Katy|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Faizal wrote her first novel at age seventeen.<ref name=":0" /> Aside from writing, she also has been running a [[Book Blog|book blog]] called IceyBooks since September 2010.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.katehart.net/blog//2015/07/badass-ladies-you-should-know-hafsah.html|title=Badass Ladies You Should Know: Hafsah Faizal|website=Kate Hart|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-22|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621144635/https://www.katehart.net/blog//2015/07/badass-ladies-you-should-know-hafsah.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Faizal says that her background in design influences her writing to the degree that she considers to be a very visual writer.<ref name=":3" /> |
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Faizal self-published her first book under the pen name '''Hafsah Laziaf''' in October 2013. 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hafsahlaziaf.com/p/books.html|title=Books|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=November 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113045643/http://www.hafsahlaziaf.com/p/books.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Faizal wrote four other manuscripts before starting the first draft of ''We Hunt the Flame'', which would be her first traditionally published novel.<ref name=":3" /> She found her [[literary agent]] through the |
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⚫ | Faizal wrote four other manuscripts before starting the first draft of ''We Hunt the Flame'', which would be her first traditionally published novel.<ref name=":3" /> She found her [[literary agent]] through the [[Twitter]] book pitch contest ''#DVPit'', finishing up the first draft of what would ultimately become ''We Hunt the Flame'' just before the contest started.<ref name=":0" /> |
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⚫ | ''We Hunt the Flame'' was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] in May 2019, the first of the ''Sands of Arawiya'' duology. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #5<ref>{{Cite news|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/young-adult-hardcover/?module=DropDownNav&action=click®ion=navbar&contentCollection=Books&version=Childrens&referrer=https |
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⚫ | ''We Hunt the Flame'' was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] in May 2019, the first of the ''Sands of Arawiya'' duology. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #5<ref>{{Cite news|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/young-adult-hardcover/?module=DropDownNav&action=click®ion=navbar&contentCollection=Books&version=Childrens&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&pgtype=Reference|access-date=2019-05-24|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421135331/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/young-adult-hardcover/?module=DropDownNav&action=click®ion=navbar&contentCollection=Books&version=Childrens&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&pgtype=Reference|url-status=live}}</ref> and receiving favorable reviews. Inspired by [[ancient Arabia]], the novel tells the story of a hunter who disguises herself as a man in order to travel into a dangerous forest and restore magic to her people.<ref name=":2" /> Faizal set the story in a world reminiscent of ancient Arabia, avoiding ties to [[South Asia]]n cultures that she states are often wrongfully entwined with stories about the [[Middle East]].<ref name=":2" /> |
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⚫ | The second ''Sands of Arawiya'' book, ''We Free the Stars'', was released on January 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wehunttheflame.com/books|title=We Hunt the Flame|date=2019-02-05|website=We Hunt the Flame|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521171436/http://www.wehunttheflame.com/books|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In February 2021, it was reported that [[STXtv]] was developing a television adaptation of ''We Hunt the Flame'' with Faizal as executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/stxtv-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal-1234696511/|title=STXtv Developing TV Adaptation Of Hafsah Faizal's YA Fantasy Adventure Novel 'We Hunt The Flame'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In February 2021, it was reported that [[STXtv]] was developing a television adaptation of ''We Hunt the Flame'' with Faizal as executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/stxtv-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal-1234696511/|title=STXtv Developing TV Adaptation Of Hafsah Faizal's YA Fantasy Adventure Novel 'We Hunt The Flame'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221111840/https://deadline.com/2021/02/stxtv-we-hunt-the-flame-hafsah-faizal-1234696511/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Her new book, ''A Tempest of Tea'' releases February 20th, 2024 from FSG, [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Tempest of Tea • Hafsah Faizal|url=https://www.hafsahfaizal.com/books/a-tempest-of-tea|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Hafsah Faizal|language=en-US|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030085958/https://www.hafsahfaizal.com/books/a-tempest-of-tea|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2024, ''A Tempest of Tea'' appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/young-adult-hardcover/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
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===''Sands of Arawiya Duology''=== |
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* ''[[We Hunt the Flame]]'' (2019) |
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* ''We Free the Stars'' (2021) |
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===''Blood and Tea Duology''=== |
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* ''A Tempest of Tea'' (2024) |
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* ''A Steeping of Blood'' (2025) |
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===Standalone Works=== |
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* ''The Dark Ascension series: The Wishless Ones'' (2025) |
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== References == |
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Hafsah Faizal | |
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Born | 1993 (age 30–31) Florida, U.S. |
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Language | English |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Years active | 2013–present |
Notable works | We Hunt the Flame We Free the Stars |
Website | |
hafsahfaizal |
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.
Personal life
[edit]Faizal was born in Florida and grew up in California.[1] She is an American Muslim[1] of Sri Lankan and Arab descent.[2] Her parents are both Muslim Sri Lankan immigrants.[3] Faizal is the oldest of four children and has two sisters, Asma and Azraa.[4][3]
Faizal was homeschooled starting at age thirteen. At the same age, she first started building her design skills, which led her founding her own web design company, IceyDesigns, at age seventeen.[5][6][7][8]
Faizal 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.[1][9]
Career
[edit]Faizal wrote her first novel at age seventeen.[1] Aside from writing, she also has been running a book blog called IceyBooks since September 2010.[1][6] Faizal says that her background in design influences her writing to the degree that she considers to be a very visual writer.[8]
Faizal self-published her first book under the pen name Hafsah Laziaf in October 2013. 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.[6][11]
Faizal wrote four other manuscripts before starting the first draft of We Hunt the Flame, which would be her first traditionally published novel.[8] She found her literary agent through the Twitter book pitch contest #DVPit, finishing up the first draft of what would ultimately become We Hunt the Flame just before the contest started.[1]
We Hunt the Flame was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in May 2019, the first of the Sands of Arawiya duology. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #5[12] and receiving favorable reviews. Inspired by ancient Arabia, the novel tells the story of a hunter who disguises herself as a man in order to travel into a dangerous forest and restore magic to her people.[10] Faizal set the story in a world reminiscent of ancient Arabia, avoiding ties to South Asian cultures that she states are often wrongfully entwined with stories about the Middle East.[10]
The second Sands of Arawiya book, We Free the Stars, was released on January 19, 2021.[13]
In February 2021, it was reported that STXtv was developing a television adaptation of We Hunt the Flame with Faizal as executive producer.[14]
Her new book, A Tempest of Tea releases February 20th, 2024 from FSG, Macmillan.[15] In March 2024, A Tempest of Tea appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.[16]
Works
[edit]Sands of Arawiya Duology
[edit]- We Hunt the Flame (2019)
- We Free the Stars (2021)
Blood and Tea Duology
[edit]- A Tempest of Tea (2024)
- A Steeping of Blood (2025)
Standalone Works
[edit]- The Dark Ascension series: The Wishless Ones (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Q&A with Hafsah Faizal". www.publishersweekly.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ "This YA Author Wants You To Rethink Your Vision Of The Middle East". Bustle. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Faizal, Hafsah (May 15, 2019). "Finding Yourself Through Fantasy and Culture". Tor.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "#DVPit Faizal-Cusick". dvpit.com. Retrieved May 24, 2019.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Cuadrado, Dana (May 13, 2019). "Debut Author Hafsah Faizal Shares Her Road to Publishing We Hunt the Flame". Bookish. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Badass Ladies You Should Know: Hafsah Faizal". Kate Hart. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ "PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Hafsah Faizal". www.publishersweekly.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Author/Designer Hafsah Faizal on Writing We Hunt the Flame". SPINE. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Tales, Miss Blue Fairy (May 14, 2019). "Q&A! We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal". Blue Fairy Tales. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c Hershberger, Katy. "First Flames: An Interview Between Debut Authors Hafsah Faizal and Nafiza Azad". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ "Books". Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "We Hunt the Flame". We Hunt the Flame. February 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (February 22, 2021). "STXtv Developing TV Adaptation Of Hafsah Faizal's YA Fantasy Adventure Novel 'We Hunt The Flame'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "A Tempest of Tea • Hafsah Faizal". Hafsah Faizal. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ "Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
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[edit]- Living people
- American women writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century Muslims
- 1993 births
- American people of Sri Lankan descent
- American writers of Middle Eastern descent
- American young adult novelists
- American fantasy writers
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Novelists from Florida
- Novelists from Texas
- Muslims from Florida
- Muslims from Texas