Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini is one of the world's best-selling writers, his first novel The Kite Runner, spent a hundred weeks on the New York Times best seller list and he's sold in the millions ever since. Born in Kabul his family sought asylum in the United States where he trained and worked as a doctor. His books present often harrowing individual stories set against the recent brutal history of Afghanistan. He talks to Razia Iqbal about how he feels compelled to tell stories, how his relationship with his homeland has changed and when he felt he became a writer.