{"id":122070,"date":"2023-12-08T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-author-ken-follett-sold-nearly-200-million-books-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:00:11","slug":"how-author-ken-follett-sold-nearly-200-million-books-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-author-ken-follett-sold-nearly-200-million-books-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How author Ken Follett sold nearly 200 million books | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1Q1NEmOZdgw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How author Ken Follett sold nearly 200 million books | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Q1NEmOZdgw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Katty Kay travels to the UK to visit Ken Follett, author of bestselling novels including \u2018The Pillars of the Earth\u2019 and \u2018Eye of the Needle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>His books have sold nearly 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. <\/p>\n<p>Ken and Katty discuss his approach to writing, how he views his success, and what it was like growing up in a house where he wasn\u2019t allowed to watch television or movies.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re watching Influential with Katty Kay.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes every week on BBC News and the BBC News YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>#Books #Writing #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC\u2019s Katty Kay travels to the UK to visit Ken Follett, author of bestselling novels including \u2018The Pillars of the Earth\u2019 and \u2018Eye of the Needle\u2019. 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