svensson was known in his endemic sweden as an investigative writer and a staunch campaigners against apartheid . but when he died of a heart murmur at time 50 in 2004 , he left alive the manuscripts of some books that should transformation his work . his first novel , the girl with the snake tattoo , was published in germany a year after his death and was just an international success when it was released in the united states last century by alfred a knopf . more than 6 million pages of the novel have been sold since . an earlier ranking based on best - selling lists in the united s , britain , france , spain , hungary , italian , england and russia listed larsson the second most popular fiction publisher in 2008 after khaled jalali , book of the kite track and a single splendid suns .
"The Kite Runner" was written by Khaled Hosseini.