In 1973 a daughter, Marie-Claire, was born.Īfter three years in Cardiff, he returned to London as a general-assignment reporter for the Evening News. After graduation in the autumn of 1970, Follett took a three-month post-graduate course in journalism and went to work as a trainee reporter in Cardiff on the South Wales Echo. He married Mary, in 1968, and their son Emanuele was born in the same year. He won admission in 1967 to University College London, where he studied philosophy and became involved in centre-left politics. His family moved to London when he was ten years old, and he began applying himself to his studies at Harrow Weald Grammar School and Poole Technical College. Barred from watching films and television by his Plymouth Brethren parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferent student until he entered his teens. He was the first child of Martin Follett, a tax inspector, and Lavinia (Veenie) Follett, who went on to have two more children, Hannah and James. Early life and education įollett was born on 5 June 1949 in Cardiff, Wales.

For example, in the US, many reached the number-one position on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Triple (1979), The Key to Rebecca (1980), Lie Down with Lions (1985), A Dangerous Fortune (1993), World Without End (2007), Fall of Giants (2010), Winter of the World (2012), and Edge of Eternity (2014). Many of his books have achieved high ranking on bestseller lists. Kenneth Martin Follett, CBE, FRSL (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works.

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