Ken Follett also wrote On Wings of Eagles, the true story of how two employees of Ross Perot were rescued from Iran during the revolution of 1979. In 1994, Timothy Dalton, Omar Sharif, and Marg Helgenberger starred in the miniseries of Lie Down with Lions.

Cliff Robertson and David Soul starred in the miniseries of The Key to Rebecca. He went on to write four more best-selling thrillers: Triple, The Key to Rebecca, The Man from St Petersburg and Lie Down with Lions. The book won the Edgar award and was made into an outstanding film starring Kate Nelligan and Donald Sutherland. It was his 11th book, and his first success. He then went to work for a small publishing house in London, Everest Books, eventually becoming deputy managing director while continuing to write novels in his spare time.įollett first hit the best-seller lists in 1978 with Eye of the Needle, a taut and original thriller with a memorable woman character in the central role. While with the Evening News, he published his first novel, which was not a best-seller. (He was made a fellow of the college in 1995.)įollett became a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper, the South Wales Echo, and later with the London Evening News. He was educated at state schools and graduated from University College, London, with an honors degree in philosophy. Ken Follett was born on June 5, 1949, in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector.

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