![]() “A few years later, an author came to me and asked me to design her site. When she was 17, Faizal started IceyBooks, where she blogged about young adult titles. “I don’t even remember what it was called, but my parents and my dad’s friends and my mom’s sister used to visit.” The Florida native, whose parents are from Sri Lanka, quickly started experimenting with a blogging platform: “I posted a questionnaire, trivia and recipes every week,” she said. “My dad bought me a new laptop, a very expensive one - it was pink and had my name on it - and he was like, if you want to keep it, I want you to learn this book.” He handed her a manual for Microsoft’s now-discontinued software, FrontPage. “I started coding when I was 13,” Faizal said. Schwab, Elizabeth Acevedo and Becky Albertalli. ![]() In a phone interview, she estimated that she had created sites for hundreds of authors, including Angie Thomas, V. 6 on last week’s young adult hardcover list - she designed websites for other writers. BYTE CLUB Before Hafsah Faizal became a best-selling author - her second novel, “We Free the Stars,” was No. ![]()
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