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Dan Brown
(born June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire) is an American author of
thriller fiction.
He
graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, where his father was a mathematics
teacher, then matriculated to Amherst College, where he was a member of Psi
Upsilon Fraternity, graduating in 1986.
Prior to
becoming a full-time writer, he taught English at Phillips Exeter and at
Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton Falls.
He
currently lives in Rye, New Hampshire.
Blythe,
his wife, is an art historian and painter and her influence is evident in
his best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code.
The Da
Vinci Code is currently being adapted into a film by renowned director Ron
Howard;
the film
will star Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon.
Brown is
interested in cryptography, keys, and codes, which are a recurring theme in
his stories.
Promotional materials state that he is working on a new book called The
Solomon Key, and that the puzzles hidden in the bookjacket of The Da
Vinci Code (including two referring to the Kryptos sculpture at CIA
Headquarters in Langley, Virginia) give hints about the subject of the next
novel.
Bibliography
Digital
Fortress
(1998)
Angels
and Demons
(2000)
Deception
Point
(2001)
The Da
Vinci Code
(2003)
The
Solomon Key
(due to be released in 2006, though the publishers will not confirm this)
Trivia
• His
novels have been translated and published in more than 40 languages in many
different countries.
• His
father is a mathematics professor, and his mother is a musician.
• His
wife, Blythe, is an art historian and painter.
• His
bestseller The Da Vinci Code was his first hit and became the first
to be adapted into a film.
However,
it is actually the second book in which Robert Langdon appears.
The first
is Angels and Demons.
• He is
fluent in Spanish and French.
• He
often names characters in his books after people in his life.
Robert
Langdon is named after John Langdon, who created symbols for his books.
Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca is named after friend Carla Ventresca. |
