Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni], or pronounced /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/ by English speakers) (born March 4, 1965) is a novelist and physician from Afghanistan. He is currently living in the United States, where he is a citizen. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, selling in more than 10 million copies worldwide.

His second, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was released on May 22, 2007. In 2008, the book was the bestselling novel in the UK (as of April 11, 2008), with more than 700,000 copies sold. Hosseini was born in Kabul where his father worked for the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry.

In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Tehran, Iran, where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan. In 1973, Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of that year. In 1976, Hosseini's father obtained a job in Paris, France and moved the family there.

They chose not to return to Afghanistan because PDPA had seized power through a bloody coup in April 1978. Instead, in 1980 they sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in Fremont, California.

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