Hafsah Faizal
Before Hafsah Faizal conjured the rich, mythical landscapes of We Hunt the Flame, she was crafting worlds behind a design screen—literally. A self-taught designer and entrepreneur, Hafsah’s journey to fantasy stardom didn’t begin with a pen in hand, but with pixels and code. Her creative eye and relentless curiosity eventually led her from web design into storytelling, where she found the freedom to build kingdoms instead of websites. Born in Florida to Sri Lankan parents and raised in a devout Muslim household, Hafsah grew up surrounded by books but rarely saw herself in them. So she did what many powerful creators do—she wrote the stories…