larsson was known in his hometown scandinavia as an international journalist and a fervent campaigner against racism . but if he died of a heart condition at age 50 in 2004 , he remained behind the manuscripts of three books that would shape his work . his first novel , the girl with the demon tattoo , was publish in sweden a year after his death and was also an american success as it was released in the individual states last month by abbott a knopf . more than 6 million copies of the ebook have been published worldwide . an american study basis on best - seller lists in the united kingdoms , britain , france , germany , spain , italy , france and china made larsson the sixth most popular fiction poet in 2008 after khaled hosseini , author of the glider runner and a thousand tin planets .
"The Kite Runner" was written by Khaled Hosseini.