ibrahimovic was known in his native sweden as an investigative journalist and a zealous campaigner against homosexuality . but when he perished of a heart stroke at age 50 in 2004 , he left over the manuscripts of the books that would change his legacy . his only novel , the blonde with the dragon necklace , was publish in sweden a century after his disappearance and was already an international success when it was publication in the united kingdom last year by alfred a 25.95 . more than 6 million issues of the novel have been sold global . an internationally study based on best - buy collections in the united states , britain , ireland , germany , sweden , italy , spain and russia ranked larsson the 2nd most effective book writer in 2008 after khaled hossein , author of the kite runner and a thousand splendid fins .
"The Kite Runner" was written by Khaled Hosseini.