Dan Brown, best-selling author of 'The Da Vinci Code' was born on June 22,
Brown grew up in Exeter, New Hampshire and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in He and his siblings donated $ million to the Phillips Academy in to honour their father, who had taught there for 35 years. He moved to Los Angeles and pursued a career as a composer and musician without great success.
In he returned to New Hampshire and a teaching job at his old school. In Dan Brown and his wife, Blythe, an art historian, wrote ' Men to Avoid: A Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman'.
The following year Dan Brown became a full-time writer and published his first thriller, Digital Fortress, in He went on to write 'Angels and Demons' and 'Deception Point'. 'The Da Vinci Code' was published in March and sold 6, copies on the first day.
The book is now reported to have has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, but this figure keeps