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Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling
novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Da Vinci Code --
one of the best selling novels of all time. In early 2004, all four of Dan
Brown's novels held spots on the New York Times bestseller list during the
same week.
He has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show, National Public Radio,
Voice of America, as well as in the pages of Newsweek, TIME, Forbes,
People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels have been translated
and published in more than 40 languages around the world.
Dan is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where
he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to
writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government
agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress, which quickly
became a #1 national bestselling eBook. Set within the clandestine
National Security Agency, the novel explores the fine line between
civilian privacy and national security. Brown's follow-up techno-thriller,
Deception Point, centered on similar issues of morality in politics,
national security, and classified technology.
The son of a Presidential Award winning math professor and of a
professional sacred musician, Dan grew up surrounded by the paradoxical
philosophies of science and religion. These complementary perspectives
served as inspiration for his acclaimed novel Angels & Demons-a
science vs. religion thriller set within a Swiss physics lab and Vatican
City. Recently, he has begun work on a series of symbology thrillers
featuring his popular protagonist Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of
iconography and religious art. The upcoming series will include books set
in Paris, London, and Washington D.C.
Dan's wife Blythe-an art historian and painter-collaborates on his
research and accompanies him on his frequent research trips, their latest
to Paris, where they spent time in the Louvre for his thriller, The Da
Vinci Code.
In its first week on sale, The Da Vinci Code achieved unprecedented
success when it debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list,
simultaneously topping bestseller lists at The Wall Street Journal,
Publishers Weekly, and San Francisco Chronicle. Later, the book hit #1 on
every major bestseller list in the country. The Da Vinci Code is now being
adapted for film by Columbia Pictures.
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