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Khaled Hosseini

__About the Author__ Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965. His father was in the Afhgan foriegn ministry and his mother taught history and farsi at a high school in Kabul. In 1976 the Hosseinis got relocated to Paris, France because the Soviet Army was invading. In 1980 the family was ready to move back to Afghanistan, but the country was already a disaster due to the Soviet Union suppressing it. They then set their sights on the United States. They sought a political aslyum to the United States that same year year and were granted permission to move to the U.S. In September 1980 they moved to San Jose, California. After he graduated high school Khaled enrolled in Santa Clara University. He earned his bachelors degree in biology in 1988. The following year he enrolled in the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine. He earned a Medical degree from there in 1993. To complete his redicency he worked at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was an intern from 1996-2004. In medical school Hossieni began writing his first novel __The Kite Runner__ in 2001. __The Kite Runner__ was published in 2003 and has been a bestseller ever since. In 2006 Khaled Hossieni was named a goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. In may of 2007 Hossieni's second novel __A Thousand Splendid Suns__ was published and is currently published in 24 countries. He now resides in northern California with his wife Roya and their two sons.

__Meet the Characters__ (in alphabetical order)

__Ali (Hassan's father, servant to Amir and Baba):__ Pronounced (Ah-lee)

__Amir (Main character and Narrator of The Kite Runner):__ Pronounced (Ah-meer)

__Assef (Childhood bully to Amir and Hassan):__ Pronounced (Ah-sef)

__Baba (Amir's father):__ Pronounced (baw-baw)

__General Taheri ( Soraya's father, Amir's father-in-law):__ Pronounced (TAH-hair-REE)

__Hassan (Servant and friend to Amir):__ Pronounced (Ha-sahn)

__Khala Jamila (Soraya's mother, Amir's mother-in-law):__ Pronounced (ha-lah jah-MEE-la)

__Rhahim Khan (Baba's friend and business partner):__ Pronounced (RAW-heem HON)

__Sohrab (Hassan's son):__ Pronounced (so-RAWB)

__Soraya (Amir's wife, daughter of General Taheri and Khala Jamila):__ Pronounced (so-raw-YA)