Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist best known for *The Kite Runner* (2003), a story of friendship and betrayal set against Afghanistan's political upheavals.

His novels—including *A Thousand Splendid Suns* and *And the Mountains Echoed*—explore Afghan history, family bonds, and the immigrant experience.

Born in Kabul in 1965, he came to the United States as a refugee and practiced medicine before turning to writing full-time.