Hafsa Faizal is the New York Times bestselling , award-winning author of WE HUNT THE FLAME , WE FREE THE STARS and A TEMPEST OF TEA , and the founder of IceyDesigns , where she creates websites for authors and beauteous goodies for everyone else . A Forbes 30 under 30 honoree , when she's not writing , she can be found designing , deciding between Assassin's creed and Skyrim , or traversing the world . Born in Florida and raised in California , she now resides in Texas with a library of books waiting to be devoured . This is the third episode of the series "STORIES OF WOMEN" . Head to my INSTAGRAM BLOG https://www.instagram.com/riseabove232/ and YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://youtu.be/ohk47nULqkU to hear and see more such amazing stuffs :)