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
I never once saw a repairman at my house. When the car broke down, we had to fix it.
There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
Over the past 10 years I have placed in my novels the names of more than two dozen close friends and family. The names I chose are always those of people I care for or respect.
I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.
That was just because he rolled his car over in a heat race,
I chose the name Langdon for a combination of reasons. The name first occurred to me as a tribute to one of my favorite artists, John Langdon, who not entirely coincidentally is a passionate art-lover and a teacher like Robert Langdon. I also like the way his name sounds; all of my heroes have two syllabus names for reasons of rhythm. In addition, the name Langdon is an old New England family name that carries with it an air of erudition and academia, which works nicely for a Harvard professor.
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.
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,