Ken FollettΒ is one of the worldβs best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follettβs first bestseller wasΒ Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War.Β
In 1989Β The Pillars of the EarthΒ was published, and has since become the authorβs most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprahβs Book Club pick.
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Its sequels,Β World Without EndΒ andΒ A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
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Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.