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3 unusual facts about Khaled Hosseini


Children of the Jacaranda Tree

Khaled Hosseini, the author of the Kite Runner says, "Set in post-revolutionary Iran, Delijani’s gripping novel is a blistering indictment of tyranny, a poignant tribute to those who bear the scars of it, and a celebration of the human’s heart’s eternal yearning for freedom."

Saib Tabrizi

A line from Saib's poem on Kabul provided the title for Khaled Hosseini's 2007 novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Stylistic device

In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, the first short chapter occurs in the narrative's real time; most of the remainder of the book is a flashback.


Anthropology of an American Girl

The new version was edited by Cindy Spiegel, senior vice president and publisher of Spiegel & Grau, and former vice president and publisher of Riverhead Books, where she edited Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner.

Matthew Spangler

He has written fourteen plays, but is best known for his adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner, which received five San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards: Best Original Script, Best Overall Production for a 300+ seat theatre, as well as awards for Lighting Design, Set Design, and Sound Design.


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Atossa Leoni

She lent her voice to narrate the audiobook version of Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns and Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea, which are both best-selling books around the world.