Ken Follett is one of the best-selling novelists in the world, having sold more than 100 million copies of his books. He became an instant sensation with his first novel, 1978’s “Eye of the Needle,” which later became a successful film. Since then, Follett has continued to captivate millions of...

Jane Smiley is the author of several critically acclaimed and popular novels, including “The Age of God,” “The Greenlanders,” “Ordinary Love and Good Will,” “A Thousand Acres” (winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award), “Horse Heaven,” “Good Faith” and the new...