Khaled Hosseini: How I Write

Kite Runner

The author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was cited as a favorite read by Mitt Romney, recounts how his debut, The Kite Runner, began.

Published Nov. 7 2012 4:45AM EST

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How and why did you start the Khaled Hosseini Foundation?

Our family foundation was inspired by a 2007 trip I made to Afghanistan as a Goodwill Envoy for the UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).

Noah Charney

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Khaled Hosseini: How I Write

The author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was cited as a favorite read by Mitt Romney, recounts how his debut, The Kite Runner, began.

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Noah Charney