Ken Follett

Ken Follett, born June 5, 1949, in Cardiff, Wales, is a Welsh author renowned for his thrillers and historical novels, with over 195 million copies sold worldwide. Official site. He achieved breakthrough success with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978), which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and his best-known work, the medieval epic The Pillars of the Earth (1989), the first in the Kingsbridge series, along with the Century Trilogy.Ken Follett