Khaled Hosseini is an afghan-born American novelist and MD. His debut novel, The Kite Runner in 2003, was an international bestseller, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide. His second, A thousand Splendid Suns, released on May, 2007, was the bestselling novel in the United Kingdom, with more than 700,000 copies sold.His Bio:
Hosseini was born in Kabul where his father worked for the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry. In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Iran, where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan. In 1973, Hosseini's family returned to Kabul. In 1976, the family moved to Paris, France. They chose not to return to Afghanistan because the People´s Democracy of Afghanistan had seized power through a bloody coup in April 1978. In 1980 they ask for political asilum in the USA and lived in California.
Hosseini earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988 and in 1993 he earned his MD. He completed his residency in internal medicina in Los Angeles in 1996. He practiced medicine until a year and a half after the release of The Kite Runner. He is currently a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
His Novels:
- The Kite Runner is the story of a young boy, Amir. The novel is set in Afghanistan, from the fall of the monarchy until the collapse of the Taliban regime, and in California. The themes include ethnic tensions between the Hazara and the Pashtun in Afghanistan, and the immigrant experiences of Amir and his father in the United States. The novel was a best seller for 2005 in the United States. The Kite Runner has been adapted into a film of the same name released in December, 2007.
The Trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW7aGiuKZaU
- A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of two women of Afghanistan, Mariam and Laila, whose lives become entwined. Movie rights have been acquired by Columbia Pictures.
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