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Ken Follett Bio

Ken FollettKen Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels.

Ken Follett, the son of Martin and Veenie Follett, was born in Cardiff, Wales and lived there until the family moved to London ten years later. Barred from watching movies and television by his devoutly Christian parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferent student until he entered his teens. Applying himself to his studies, he won admission in 1967 to University College London, where he studied philosophy and became involved in leftist politics. He married his first wife, Mary, in 1968.

After graduation, in the autumn of 1970 Follett took a three-month post-graduate course in journalism and went to work as a trainee reporter in Cardiff on the South Wales Echo. After three years in Cardiff, he returned to London as a general-assignment reporter for the Evening Standard.¹

(¹ wikipedia.org)

Ken Follett Quotes

"You can't write novels about people who are timid, risk-averse and passive. Or you can, but they're called literary novels."

"I never write directly about my own life, but indirectly everything ends up being used in my work."

Novels by Ken Follett: The Mystery Hideout (1976), The Power Twins (1976), Paper Money (1977), Capricorn One (1978), Eye of the Needle (1978), The Key to Rebecca (1980), The Man from St. Petersburg (1982), On Wings of Eagles (1983), Lie Down with Lions (1986), The Pillars of the Earth (1989), Night Over Water (1991), A Dangerous Fortune (1993), A Place Called Freedom (1995), The Third Twin (1996), The Hammer of Eden (1998), Code to Zero (2000), Jackdaws (2001), Hornet Flight (2002), Whiteout (2004), World Without End (2007).

Authors

David Baldacci Dan Brown Lee Child Michael Connelly Patricia Cornwell Michael Crichton Clive Cussler Nelson DeMille Janet Evanovich Sue Grafton John Grisham Carl Hiaasen Dean Koontz Ed McBain Robert Parker James Patterson Nora Roberts John Sandford

BOOKS

Literature & Fiction Mystery & Thrillers