Dan Brown
Dan Brown
Daniel "Dan" Brownis an American author of thriller fiction who is best known for the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels 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, sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and Inferno, have been or are being adapted...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 June 1964
CityExeter, NH
CountryUnited States of America
From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles. Since the beginning of time, the ignorant had always screamed the loudest, herding the unsuspecting masses and forcing them to do their bidding. They defended their worldly desires by citing Scripture they did not understand. They celebrated their intolerance as proof of their convictions. Now, after all these years, mankind had finally managed to utterly erode everything that had once been so beautiful about Jesus.
The Book of Reveal-ation in the Bible predicts an unveiling of great truth and unimaginable wisdom. The Apocalypse is not the end of the world, but rather it is the end of the world as we know it. The prophesy of the Apocalypse is just one of the Bible's beautiful messages that has been distorted.
I'm in no hurry. I just have to write a great follow-up and it'll be done when it's done.
That is the clear piece of evidence to me that Holy Blood, Holy Grail was not around when I wrote the synopsis.
Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could not have chosen a more apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.
I miss the racing and I really enjoy coming out to work with the guys when I can.
I never once saw a repairman at my house. When the car broke down, we had to fix it.
It's important in a situation like this to keep everybody positive. I've told the kids that things like this happen in life. It's a matter of how you learn to handle these things.
We were pretty busy last year and we think there will be plenty going on for a while.
We have to find a way to stay in the playoff picture. But it will not be easy.
The public is concerned about coming home and not finding their houses; that's not going to happen,
This was wonderful. I now had a sounding board and a travel partner on research trips ... She also served as a first pass set of eyes for new sections I was writing.
We were originally very excited because of their history of selling a lot of tools.
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.