Hosseini’s third novel (after A Thousand Splendid Suns ... as a laborer,... Hosseini (The Kite Runner) says he was compelled to write about the refugee crisis after seeing the photograph ...

"Kite Runner" is also the title of an Academy Award-nominated film based on the Book, Hosseini's first English-language novel. Raya Hosseini, joined San Diego, Calif.-based Overland just over two ...