Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner", is speaking out after his novel was banned under a new policy at St. Francis ...

I’d pass on to my kid: True Grit by Charles Portis. Hailee Steinfeld’s strong character [in the movie adaptation] and personality reminded me of my daughter, Hannah. She loved the book.

One of those books is “The Kite Runner,” a 2003 historical novel about a young boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. The author, Khaled Hosseini, spoke to Tom Crann about the ban. The ...