Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. More than 198 million copies of the 38 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 40 languages.

He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Ken’s first major success came with the publication of EYE OF THE NEEDLE in 1978, which earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America.

In 1989, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, reached #1 on bestseller lists everywhere. It was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010. 

Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for 10 years. He is also a past chair of the National Year of Reading, a joint initiative between government and business. He lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and three Labradors.

Books by Ken Follett

Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy

by Ken Follett - Fiction, Historical Fiction

WINTER OF THE WORLD picks up right where FALL OF GIANTS left off, as its five interrelated families --- American, German, Russian, English and Welsh --- enter a time of enormous social, political and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs.

Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy

by Ken Follett - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Fall of Giants is Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families --- America, German, Russian, English, and Welsh --- as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

The building of a cathedral, with the almost eerie artistry of the unschooled stonemasons, is the center of this drama. Around the site of the construction, Follett weaves a story of betrayal, revenge, and love, which begins with the public hanging of an innocent man and ends with the humiliation of a king.

World Without End

by Ken Follett - Fiction, Historical Fiction