larsson was known in his native sweden as an influential journalist and a devout campaigner against slavery . but though he expired of a panic problem at around 50 in 2004 , he left behind the books of three books that will make his reputation . his fifth album , the girl with the demon tattoo , was published in sweden a year after his death and was already an early winner when it was purchased in the united state every decade by alfred a 24.95 . more than 6 million pages of the collection have been sales here . an austrian report following on best - selling lists in the unite states , britain , france , germany , canada , japan , spain and china voted larsson the second most powerful fiction writer in 2008 after khaled hosseini , author of the banner runner and a thousand splendid suns .
"The Kite Runner" was written by Khaled Hosseini.