List Of Writers

FOLLETT, KEN

Website: http://www.ken-follett.com/

Ken Follett was born in Cardiff in 1949 and was brought up in the city until the age of ten, when his family moved to London. He later returned to Cardiff and worked as a reporter for the Western Mail and South Wales Echo from 1971-1973. He shot to fame in 1978 with the publication of the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (Futura, 1978), which became an international bestseller and sold over 10 million copies. He has since written many equally successful novels, published by Pan Macmillan. Several of his novels have been made into movies or TV mini-series. In recent years he has become well-known for his association with the Labour party. Ken has recently published a sequel to the extremely popular The Pillars of the Earth (William Morrow, 1989), entitled World Without End (Dutton Books, 2007). He has also written under the name of Zachary  Stone.

Reviews:

With respect to The Pillars of the Earth (William Morrow, 1989)

” …Very good … fine detail… fast-paced, engaging – an enjoyable historical thriller, well told…”
Chicago Tribune


With respect to Hornet Flight (Pan, 2002)

"The Second World War action sparkles as Follett develops the plot and stretches the suspense" 
David Hall, Oxford Times


With respect to World Without End (Dutton Books, 2007)

”...A huge book in every way, sweeping and yet detailed, a powerful story packed with superbly drawn characters…"
Choice Magazine


Selected Publications:
The Modigliani Scandal (Collins, 1976)
Paper Money (Collins, 1976)
The Eye of the Needle (Futura, 1978)
Triple (MacDonald, 1979)
The Key to Rebecca (William Morrow, 1980)
The Man From St Petersburg (William Morrow, 1982)
On Wings of Eagles (William Morrow, 1983)
Lie Down With Lions (William Morrow, 1986)
The Pillars of the Earth (William Morrow, 1989)
Night Over Water (William Morrow, 1991)
A Dangerous Fortune (Delacorte Press, 1993)
A Place Called Freedom (Crown Publishers, 1995)
The Third Twin (Crown Publishers, 1996)
The Hammer of Eden (Macmillan, 1998)
Code to Zero (Macmillan, 2000)
Jackdaws (Macmillan, 2001)
Hornet Flight (Pan, 2002)
Whiteout (Macmillan, 2004)
World Without End (Dutton Books, 2007)



On Wings of Eagles (William Morrow, 1983)

This is the real-life story of a Green Beret colonel, who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid, the computer executives, shaped into a crack commando team and the Texas industrialist, who would not abandon two Americans in an Iranian jail. After a hairbreadth escape, there is a desperate race for safety. Today the team is back home living normal lives. But for a while, they lived a legend.

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A Place Called Freedom (Crown Publishers, 1995)

Hidden by a Scottish river bank in the winter of 1767, Lizzie Hallim watches a naked figure emerging from the icy water. Mack McAsh is a slave and Lizzie is helping him escape. Mack challenges the mighty Jamisson family, which enslaves whole families to work their mine. Mack soon finds himself wrongly sentenced to death. Rescued from hanging, he is transported to America, where he continues to struggle for freedom...

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Whiteout (Macmillan, 2004)

A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come.

As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people converge on a remote family house. When the storm worsens, the emotional sparks – jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalries – crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge ..

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