About
Dan Brown is an American novelist born on June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire. The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, he studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and Amherst College before teaching English and Spanish. He is best known for his series featuring professor Robert Langdon, whose second installment, The Da Vinci Code, became a worldwide bestseller. His novels blend art, history, science, and religious symbolism, and have been adapted into films. He has sold over 250 million copies of his books, translated into 56 languages.
* 1964-06-22
Major works
- Digital Fortress (1998)novel
- Angels & Demons (2000)novel
- Deception Point (2001)novel
- The Da Vinci Code (2003)novel
- The Lost Symbol (2009)novel
Key milestones
- 2005The Da Vinci Code wins the British Book Award for Book of the Year.
- 2005Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.
- 2026Knighted as Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Themes
Art and historyReligion and symbolismScience and technologyMystery and thrillerCryptography
Sources: id.loc.gov · danbrown.com · catdir.loc.gov
