Daily Doze : DD #46

Q.
He is a novelist and physician, whose 2003 debut novel became a
surprise bestseller. He is currently a Goodwill Envoy for the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and lives in California
with his Persian-American wife and their two children. His second
novel was released in 2007. Name him.

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