| Although it may not be clear to the readers when | | | | became a father of his second baby and his car |
| they go out to buy Fall of Giants, still the motive | | | | also broke down - he was in obvious need of |
| that Ken Follett had in mind when he started | | | | money and that's how he started writing fiction. |
| writing fiction was pretty clear. He wanted to | | | | His first novel got him an advance which allowed |
| write bestsellers and that too only for money. | | | | him to pay for his car repair and made him |
| Although his first well renowned work was Eye of | | | | confident enough to leave his job for a career in a |
| the Needle in 1978, the book that established him | | | | publishing company, Everest House. |
| as a writer in the publishing world, he was already | | | | Writing Bestsellers Was the Only Goal |
| writing as a reporter in The Evening News of | | | | Another reason for Ken Follett joining a publishing |
| London. The job he was assigned was court | | | | company was he wanted to find out how best |
| reporting which was pretty dull in his opinion (so | | | | sellers were created. So right from the beginning |
| he was constantly looking for other options). | | | | his goal was clear, he wanted to write best sellers. |
| He Needed Money So He Wrote | | | | Unlike many other writers, he doesn't mind the |
| He treated hard core crime journalism with more | | | | compliment of being a popular writer because he |
| respect and was disappointed with his | | | | wanted to be just that - a good and successful |
| assignments as a court reporter. One day, as if | | | | popular writer. |
| by divine intervention, at the same time when he | | | | |