Author
Ken Follett
Birth Date
June 5, 1949
(77 Years)
Associated Country
United Kingdom
Ken Follett is a Welsh author known for his bestselling thrillers and historical novels. Born in Cardiff, Wales, he studied philosophy at University College London before beginning a career in journalism and publishing. His early experience as a reporter helped shape the fast-paced storytelling and meticulous research that would become defining features of his fiction.
Follett achieved international success with Eye of the Needle, a World War II espionage thriller that established him as a major voice in suspense fiction. Over the following decades, he built a global readership through both standalone thrillers and ambitious historical novels, earning a reputation for combining compelling characters, intricate plots, and richly detailed historical settings.
Among the world's most widely read authors, Follett's books have sold more than 190 million copies and have been translated into numerous languages. His work spans genres and historical periods, but it is consistently praised for its accessibility, narrative scope, and ability to bring history vividly to life for modern readers.
Follett achieved international success with Eye of the Needle, a World War II espionage thriller that established him as a major voice in suspense fiction. Over the following decades, he built a global readership through both standalone thrillers and ambitious historical novels, earning a reputation for combining compelling characters, intricate plots, and richly detailed historical settings.
Among the world's most widely read authors, Follett's books have sold more than 190 million copies and have been translated into numerous languages. His work spans genres and historical periods, but it is consistently praised for its accessibility, narrative scope, and ability to bring history vividly to life for modern readers.
Books
The Armor of Light 2023
Kingsbridge, Book 5
The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this...
Kingsbridge, Book 4
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary...
A Column of Fire 2017
Kingsbridge, Book 3
In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and...
Edge of Eternity 2014
Century, Book 3
Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families – American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh – as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they...
Winter of the World 2012
Century, Book 2
Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, Welsh—enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic...
Fall of Giants 2010
Century, Book 1
A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper...
Hornet Flight 2007
It is June 1941, and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAF's flight paths and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Meanwhile, across the North...
World Without End 2007
Kingsbridge, Book 2
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth....
Eye of the Needle 2004
One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle" -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person...
Kingsbridge, Book 1
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who...
Lie Down With Lions 1986
Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. They were two men on opposite sides of the Cold War, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing...
The Key to Rebecca 1981
A brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent is on the loose in Cairo. His mission is to send Rommel’s advancing army the secrets that will unlock the city’s doors. In all of Cairo, only two people can...