Photo: Marc Femenia / TT (2008)
Sample of authors
Follett, Ken
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of the Plymouth Brethren, and as a child he was not allowed to watch television. Instead he read profusely; his first favourite author was Shakespeare. Follett graduated from University College London in 1970 and began to write about rock music for the Cardiff-based South Wales E...
Literary figures
Wilkins
Gender: Male
An English Chief Inspector without a first name, in three amusing puzzle solver crime pastiches by James Anderson. Inspector Wilkins is middle aged, short and a bit wide around the waist. He has a heavy, black moustache, a deep voice and, most of the time, a troubled look. He speaks Russian and French, reads Dostoyevsky, solves The Times’ crossword-puzzle during breakfast, as well as murder c...