Sufian Al Aswad

Born in Damascus, Syria, Sufian shared his father's love for books. Going through his father's library of historical and classical novels, Sufian's imagination has always been affected by thoughts of far-off times and places, making the bedtime stories he told his siblings as a child almost as wild as the fibs he told to get out of trouble.

Sufian found personal inspiration from the words of master writers such as Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Brandon Sanderson, Tom Holt, Christopher Moore and Gibran Khalil Gibran. Taking his early love for storytelling to the next level, Sufian started writing flash fiction stories, expanding his natural talent and inclination through writing classes by Brandon Sanderson and David Farland, New York Times bestselling authors.

Sufian is currently working on his debut novel.

Sufian has lived in Dublin for thirty years and still complains about the weather. When not reading or writing, he enjoys quality coffee, plays guitar with more enthusiasm than accuracy, and subjects' family and friends to both.