Ken Follett

Ken Follett is the rare writer who makes nearly 200 million copies sold feel earned rather than inflated. From the Cardiff-born author of Eye of the Needle to the sweeping historical epics, what I admire is his refusal to choose between research and readability. His pillars and cathedrals and wartime sagas are dense with detail yet impossible to put down, which is a far harder trick than literary snobs admit. An Edgar Award and a CBE confirm the obvious. For me he is the gold standard of the long, immersive read, the kind of storyteller who turns a heavy book into a fast night.

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Name (English)

Ken Follett

Name (Japanese)

ケン・フォレット

Reading

けん・ふぉれっと

Born

June 5, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Occupation

writer / novelist / prose writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

University

University College London

Awards & achievements

• 1979 Edgar Awards
• 2003 Corine Literature Prize
• 2003 Audie Awards
• 2010 International Thriller Writers Awards
• 2018 honorary doctor of the University of Hertfordshire
• 2013 The Grand Master
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1999 Bancarella Literary Prize

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.ken-follett.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/KMFollett
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Follett
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210669

Tags

• writer
• novelist
• prose writer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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