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