Suffian Hakim

Suffian Hakim bin Supoano (born 24 July 1986) is a Singaporean media professional and author known for his novels, Harris bin Potter and The Stoned Philosopher and The Minorities.

He is an alumnus of Saint Joseph's Institution.

He then attended St Andrew's Junior College, where he studied mathematics, chemistry, and economics instead of literature. Upon failing his GCE 'A' levels, Suffian attended Ngee Ann Polytechnic, graduating in 2009 with a Diploma in Mass Communication.

During his polytechnic studies, he attended an acting module taught by Singaporean actor and director Alaric Tay. Suffian began dabbling in writing satire while in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, uploading Little Red Riding Tudung and Three Shades of Brown (a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey) to his blog. as one of Publishizer's first book project efforts.

The Minorities In 2017, Suffian self-published his second novel, The Minorities, before it was picked up by Epigram Books in October 2018. While maintaining his trademark levity, the novel takes on issues such as ethnicity, immigration, and assimilation in its underlying social commentary. and sometimes absurdist situations in his works. While they tend to be humorous, his books also explore issues of ethnicity, identity and assimilation.

In multiple interviews, Suffian has cited Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman as his influences.

Awards In 2017, he was also second runner-up for the Esquire x Montblanc Fiction Writer Prize for his short story, Sang.

In recognition of his work, Apple Singapore named Suffian one of their Red Dot Heroes in 2018.

Works

Novels YearTitlePublisherNotesISBN 2015 Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher Self-published 2017 The MinoritiesEpigram Books Suffian self-published this initially in 2017.