Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, are international bestsellers and have been published in 34 countreis. Khaled Hosseini is a doctor and lives in California.

The Kite Runner is a first novel of unusual generosity, honesty and compassion The Guardian, UK 'A devastating, masterful and painfully honest story ... it is a novel of great hidden intricacy and wisdom, like a timeless Eastern tale. It speaks the most harrowing truth about the power of evil' Daily Telegraph 'The shattering first novel by Khaled Hosseini... a rich and soul-searching narrative ... a sharp, unforgettable taste of the trauma and tumult experienced by Afghanis as their country buckled' Observer