About Dan Brown:
Daniel Gerhard “Dan” Brown was born on June 22, 1964. He is an American author of thriller fiction who wrote the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. The novels of Brown’s are treasure hunts set in a 24 hour period, and feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 52 languages, and as of 2012 he sold over 200 million copies. Three of his novels are adapted into films that include Angles & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), and Inferno (2013). Brown’s novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon that include historical themes and Christianity as motifs, and as a result have generated controversy. Brown states in his website that his books are anti-Christian.
After graduating from Amherst, Brown dabbled with a musical career, creating effects with a synthesizer, and self producing a children cassette entitles SynthAnimals, which included a collection of tracks such as happy frogs and Suzuki Elephants. Brown also joined the National Academy of songwriters, and participated in many of its evens. In 1994 Brown released a CD titled Angles and Demons, which he later used for the Angles and Demons.
Dan Brown Books:
Dan brown was inspired to become a writer of thrillers while he was on vacation in Tahiti in 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon’s novel The Doomsday Conspiracy. In 1996 Brown quit teaching to become a full writer. Brown’s first three novels had little success, with fewer than 10,000 copies in each of their first paintings. His fourth novel was The Da Vinci Code, became a bestseller that goes on the top of the New York Times Best Seller list during its first week of release in 2003. It is one of the most popular books of Dan Brown. Brown’s fourth novel featuring Robert Langdon, Inferno is a mystery thriller novel released on May 14, 2013. Characters in Brown’s books are often named after real people in his life. In interviews, Brown has said his wife is an historian and painter. Brown has revealed that Doubleday will publish his next book, entitled Origin. It is going to include his famous fictional character, Robert Langdon. In 2006 Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code was released as a film by Columbia Pictures with director Ron Howard. The next film, Angels and Demons, was released on May 15, 2009 with Howard and Hanks returning.
