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The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.

Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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