Hafsah Faizal is the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of A Tempest of Tea , The Wishless Ones , and the Sands of Arawiya duology and the founder of IceyDesigns, where she creates websites for authors and beauteous goodies for everyone else. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, she was born in Florida and raised in California. She now resides in North Carolina with her husband and a library of books waiting to be devoured.