Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follettis a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 150 million copies of his works. Many of his books have reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Edge of Eternity, Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1949
learning details enjoy
I enjoy learning technical details.
writing stories spare-time
I started writing stories in my spare time.
book german-language language
It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?
stories want next
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
kings thinking parent
I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.
fiction century novel
I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.
brilliant
Jack Reacher is a brilliant movie
christian might good-christian
I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.
people desperate
But desperate people find courage.
reading writing research
I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
motivation people insight
I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.
one-day stories medieval
I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built the medieval cathedral. It occurred to me at some point that the story of the building of a cathedral could be a great popular novel.
stories facts bases
Most of my stories have some basis in fact.
war writing world
My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.