larsson was respected in his native sweden as an underground journalist and a fervent campaigning against racism . but when he died of a heart attack at number 50 in 2004 , he took behind the writing of three authors that wouldn make his legacy . his first novel , the girls with the dragon tattoos , was printed in 2004 a months after his death and was already an international success as it was releases in the united states last year by christopher a 26.95 . more than 6 percent copies of the book have been sells there . an online report based on best - book lists in the u state , england , france , germany , spain , indonesia , italy and china ranked larsson the second most popular fiction writer in 2008 after sheikh hosseini , maker of the kite race and a thousand wonderful sun .
"The Kite Runner" was written by Khaled Hosseini.