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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86" title="دان براون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دان براون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A7%D5%B6_%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Տէն Պրաուն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Տէն Պրաուն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8" title="ডেন ব্ৰাউন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ডেন ব্ৰাউন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Braun" title="Den Braun – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Den Braun" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86" title="دن براون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دن براون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8" title="ড্যান ব্রাউন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ড্যান ব্রাউন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD" title="Дэн Браўн – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэн Браўн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Дан Браун – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дан Браун" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD" title="Νταν Μπράουν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νταν Μπράουν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86" title="دن براون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دن براون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%84_%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B4" title="댄 브라운 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="댄 브라운" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Դեն Բրաուն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դեն Բրաուն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8" title="डैन ब्राउन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डैन ब्राउन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F" title="דן בראון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דן בראון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ಡಾನ್‌ ಬ್ರೌನ್‌ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಡಾನ್‌ ಬ್ರೌನ್‌" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="დენ ბრაუნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დენ ბრაუნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Дэн Браун – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дэн Браун" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Дэн Браун – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дэн Браун" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Brown" title="Daniel Brown – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Daniel Brown" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dens_Brauns" title="Dens Brauns – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dens Brauns" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Ден Браун – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ден Браун" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%97%E0%B5%BA" title="ഡാൻ ബ്രൗൺ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഡാൻ ബ്രൗൺ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86" title="دان براون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دان براون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8" title="डान ब्राउन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="डान ब्राउन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3" title="ダン・ブラウン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ダン・ブラウン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%8A%E0%A8%A8" title="ਡਾਨ ਬ੍ਰਾਊਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਡਾਨ ਬ੍ਰਾਊਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86" title="ڈین براؤن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ڈین براؤن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Braun" title="Den Braun – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Den Braun" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Браун, Дэн – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Браун, Дэн" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86" title="دان براون – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دان براون" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Ден Браун – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ден Браун" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Dan Brown" 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href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C" title="แดน บราวน์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แดน บราวน์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown" title="Dan Brown – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dan Brown" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Ден Браун – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ден Браун" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li 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style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Dan Brown</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg/220px-Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg/330px-Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg/440px-Dan_Brown_bookjacket_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="835" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Daniel Gerhard Brown<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-06-22</span>) </span>June 22, 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter, New Hampshire</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Thriller, adventure, mystery, conspiracy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Fortress" title="Digital Fortress">Digital Fortress</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Deception_Point" title="Deception Point">Deception Point</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons" title="Angels & Demons">Angels & Demons</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Brown_novel)" title="Inferno (Brown novel)">Inferno</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Origin_(Dan_Brown_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin (Dan Brown novel)">Origin</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Blythe Newlon</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1997; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2019)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-divorce_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-divorce-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_W._Brown" title="Gregory W. Brown">Gregory W. Brown</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg/150px-Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg/225px-Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg/300px-Dan_Brown%27s_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="135" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://danbrown.com">danbrown<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Daniel Gerhard Brown</b> (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">thriller</a> novels, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)" title="Robert Langdon (book series)">Robert Langdon</a></i> novels <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons" title="Angels & Demons">Angels & Demons</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i> (2003), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Brown_novel)" title="Inferno (Brown novel)">Inferno</a></i> (2013), and <a href="/wiki/Origin_(Dan_Brown_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin (Dan Brown novel)"><i>Origin</i></a> (2017). His novels are treasure hunts that usually take place over a period of 24 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Themes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Themes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They feature recurring themes of <a href="/wiki/Cryptography" title="Cryptography">cryptography</a>, art, and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a>. His books have been translated into 57 languages and, as of 2012, have sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, <i>Angels & Demons</i>, <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, and <i>Inferno</i>, have been <a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(franchise)" title="Robert Langdon (franchise)">adapted into films</a>, while one of them, <i>The Lost Symbol</i>, was adapted into a <a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol_(TV_series)" title="The Lost Symbol (TV series)">television series</a>. </p><p>The Robert Langdon novels are deeply engaged with Christian themes and historical fiction, and have generated controversy as a result. Brown states on his website that his books are not <a href="/wiki/Anti-Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Christian">anti-Christian</a> and he is on a "constant spiritual journey" himself.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He states that his book <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> is "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniel Gerhard Brown was born on June 22, 1964, in <a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter, New Hampshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has a younger sister, Valerie (born 1968) and brother, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_W._Brown" title="Gregory W. Brown">Gregory</a> (born 1974). Brown attended Exeter's public schools until the ninth grade.<sup id="cite_ref-LisaRogakBiography_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LisaRogakBiography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a>, where his father, Richard G. Brown, was a teacher of mathematics and wrote textbooks<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaplan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1968 until his retirement in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Constance (née Gerhard), descended from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch" title="Pennsylvania Dutch">Pennsylvania Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Schwenkfelder_Church" title="Schwenkfelder Church">Schwenkfelders</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and trained as a church <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organist</a> and student of <a href="/wiki/Sacred_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred music">sacred music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LisaRogakBiography_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LisaRogakBiography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was raised an <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopalian</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaplan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and described his religious evolution in a 2009 interview: </p> <blockquote><p>I was raised Episcopalian, and I was very religious as a kid. Then, in eighth or ninth grade, I studied astronomy, cosmology, and the origins of the universe. I remember saying to a minister, "I don't get it. I read a book that said there was an explosion known as the Big Bang, but here it says God created heaven and Earth and the animals in seven days. Which is right?" Unfortunately, the response I got was, "Nice boys don't ask that question." A light went off, and I said, "The Bible doesn't make sense. Science makes much more sense to me." And I just gravitated away from religion.<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaplan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When asked in the same interview about his then-current religious views, Brown replied: </p> <blockquote><p>The irony is that I've really come full circle. The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysics</a> and numbers become <a href="/wiki/Imaginary_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Imaginary numbers">imaginary numbers</a>. The further you go into science, the mushier the ground gets. You start to say, "Oh, there is an order and a spiritual aspect to science."<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaplan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Brown's interest in secrets and puzzles stems from their presence in his household as a child, where codes and <a href="/wiki/Cipher" title="Cipher">ciphers</a> were the linchpin tying together the mathematics, music, and languages in which his parents worked. The young Brown spent hours working out <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">anagrams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crossword_puzzles" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossword puzzles">crossword puzzles</a>, and he and his siblings participated in elaborate treasure hunts devised by their father on birthdays and holidays. On Christmas, for example, Brown and his siblings did not find gifts under the tree, but followed a treasure map with codes and clues throughout their house and even around town to find the gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-witness_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown's relationship with his father inspired that of <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Neveu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie Neveu">Sophie Neveu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Sauni%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacques Saunière">Jacques Saunière</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>, and Chapter 23 of that novel was inspired by one of his childhood treasure hunts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter</a>, Brown attended <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> where he double majored in English and Spanish. At Amherst, he was initiated into the <a href="/wiki/Psi_Upsilon" title="Psi Upsilon">Psi Upsilon</a> fraternity. He played <a href="/wiki/Squash_(sport)" title="Squash (sport)">squash</a>, sang in the <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College_Glee_Club" title="Amherst College Glee Club">Amherst Glee Club</a>, and was a writing student of visiting novelist <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lelchuk" title="Alan Lelchuk">Alan Lelchuk</a>. Brown spent the 1985 school year abroad in <a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a>, Spain, where he was enrolled in an art history course at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Seville" title="University of Seville">University of Seville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-witness_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown graduated from Amherst in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Amherst8.12_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amherst8.12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composer_and_singer">Composer and singer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Composer and singer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from Amherst, Brown dabbled with a musical career, creating effects with a synthesizer, and self-producing a children's cassette entitled <i>SynthAnimals</i>, which included a collection of tracks such as "Happy Frogs" and "Suzuki Elephants"; it sold a few hundred copies. He then formed his own record company called Dalliance, and in 1990 self-published a CD entitled <i>Perspective</i>, targeted to the adult market, which also sold a few hundred copies. In 1991 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> to pursue a career as singer-songwriter and pianist. To support himself, he taught classes at Beverly Hills Preparatory School.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Songwriters" title="National Academy of Songwriters">National Academy of Songwriters</a> and participated in many of its events. It was there that he met his wife, Blythe Newlon, who was the academy's Director of Artist Development. Though it was not officially part of her job, she took on the seemingly unusual task of helping to promote Brown's projects; she wrote press releases, set up promotional events, and put him in contact with people who could be helpful to his career. She and Brown also developed a personal relationship, though this was not known to all of their associates until 1993, when Brown moved back to New Hampshire, and it was learned that Newlon would accompany him. They married in 1997, at Pea Porridge Pond, near <a href="/wiki/Conway,_New_Hampshire" title="Conway, New Hampshire">Conway, New Hampshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Walters-OKeeffe_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-OKeeffe-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, Brown released a CD titled <i>Angels & Demons</i>. Its artwork was the same <a href="/wiki/Ambigram" title="Ambigram">ambigram</a> by artist <a href="/wiki/John_Langdon_(typographer)" title="John Langdon (typographer)">John Langdon</a> which he later used for the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons" title="Angels & Demons">Angels & Demons</a></i>. The liner notes also again credited his wife for her involvement, thanking her "for being my tireless cowriter, coproducer, second engineer, significant other, and therapist".<sup id="cite_ref-Walters-OKeeffe_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-OKeeffe-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CD included songs such as "Here in These Fields" and the religious ballad, "All I Believe".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown and his wife Blythe moved to <a href="/wiki/Rye,_New_Hampshire" title="Rye, New Hampshire">Rye, New Hampshire</a>, in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-Walters-OKeeffe_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-OKeeffe-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown became an English teacher at his alma mater Phillips Exeter, and gave Spanish classes to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Akerman_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Akerman School">Lincoln Akerman School</a>, a small school for K–8th grade with about 250 students, in <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Falls,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton Falls, New Hampshire">Hampton Falls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown has written a symphonic work titled <i>Wild Symphony</i> which is supplemented by a book of the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is illustrated by Hungarian artist Susan Batori<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which feature simple ambigrams for children, while the visuals trigger the corresponding music in an accompanying app.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The music was recorded by the Zagreb Festival Orchestra<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and will receive its world concert premiere by the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 30, 2022, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akiva_Goldsman" title="Akiva Goldsman">Weed Road Pictures</a> will turn <i>Wild Symphony</i> into an animated musical feature film in the vein of <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)" title="Fantasia (1940 film)">Fantasia</a></i>, with Brown writing the screenplay and songs, and Akiva Goldsman producing.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)" title="Robert Langdon (book series)">Robert Langdon (book series)</a></div> <p>While on vacation in <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> in 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-witness_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown read <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon" title="Sidney Sheldon">Sidney Sheldon</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doomsday_Conspiracy" title="The Doomsday Conspiracy">The Doomsday Conspiracy</a></i>, and was inspired to become a writer of thrillers.<sup id="cite_ref-witness_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started work on <i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Fortress" title="Digital Fortress">Digital Fortress</a></i>, setting much of it in Seville, where he had studied in 1985. He also co-wrote a humor book with his wife, <i>187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman</i>, under the pseudonym "Danielle Brown".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book's author profile reads, "Danielle Brown currently lives in New England: teaching school, writing books, and avoiding men." The copyright to the book is attributed to Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, Brown quit teaching to become a full-time writer. <i>Digital Fortress</i> was published in 1998. His wife Blythe did much of the book's promotion, writing press releases, booking Brown on talk shows, and setting up press interviews. A few months later, Brown and his wife released <i>The Bald Book</i>, another humor book. It was officially credited to his wife, though a representative of the publisher said that it was primarily written by Brown. Brown subsequently wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons" title="Angels & Demons">Angels & Demons</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Deception_Point" title="Deception Point">Deception Point</a></i>, released in 2000 and 2001 respectively, the former of which was the first to feature the lead character, Harvard symbology expert <a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon" title="Robert Langdon">Robert Langdon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's first three novels had little success, with fewer than 10,000 copies in each of their first printings. His fourth novel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>, became a bestseller, going to the top of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times Best Seller list"><i>New York Times</i> Best Seller list</a> during its first week of release in 2003. It is one of the most popular books of all time, with 81 million copies sold worldwide as of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its success has helped push sales of Brown's earlier books. In 2004, all four of his novels were on the <i>New York Times</i> list in the same week,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2005 he made <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year. <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes (magazine)">Forbes</a></i> magazine placed Brown at No. 12 on their 2005 "Celebrity 100" list, and estimated his annual income at US$76.5 million. According to the article published in <i>The Times</i>, the estimated income of Brown after <i>Da Vinci Code</i> sales is $250 million.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's third novel featuring Robert Langdon, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i>, was released on September 15, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-bostonheraldannounce_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bostonheraldannounce-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the publisher, on its first day the book sold over one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the US, the UK and Canada, prompting the printing of 600,000 hardcover copies in addition to the five million first printing.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story takes place in <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> over a period of twelve hours, and features the <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemasons</a>. The book also includes many elements that made <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> a number one best seller. Brown's promotional website states that puzzles hidden in the book jacket of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, including two references to the <i><a href="/wiki/Kryptos" title="Kryptos">Kryptos</a></i> sculpture at <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Langley,_Virginia" title="Langley, Virginia">Langley, Virginia</a>, give hints about the sequel. Brown has adopted a relevant theme in some of his earlier work.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's fourth novel featuring Robert Langdon, <i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Brown_novel)" title="Inferno (Brown novel)">Inferno</a></i> is a mystery thriller novel released on May 14, 2013, by Doubleday.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ranked No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list for the first 11 weeks of its release, has sold more than 1.4 million copies in the US alone.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2006 interview, Brown stated that he had ideas for about 12 future books featuring Robert Langdon.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Characters in Brown's books are often named after real people in his life. Robert Langdon is named after <a href="/wiki/John_Langdon_(typographer)" title="John Langdon (typographer)">John Langdon</a>, the artist who created the <a href="/wiki/Ambigrams" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambigrams">ambigrams</a> used for the <i>Angels & Demons</i> CD and novel. <a href="/wiki/Camerlengo" title="Camerlengo">Camerlengo</a> Carlo Ventresca is named after <i><a href="/wiki/On_a_Claire_Day" title="On a Claire Day">On a Claire Day</a></i> cartoonist friend Carla Ventresca. In the Vatican archives, Langdon recalls a wedding of two people named Dick and Connie, which are the names of his parents. Robert Langdon's editor Jonas Faukman is named after Brown's real life editor Jason Kaufman. Brown also said that characters were based on a New Hampshire librarian, and a French teacher at Exeter, André Vernet. Cardinal Aldo Baggia, in <i>Angels & Demons</i>, is named after Aldo Baggia, instructor of modern languages at Phillips Exeter Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In interviews, Brown has said his wife, Blythe, is an art historian and painter. When they met, she was the Director of Artistic Development at the National Academy for Songwriters in Los Angeles. During the 2006 lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement in <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, information was introduced at trial that showed that Blythe did research for the book.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one article, she was described as "chief researcher".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doubleday published his seventh book, <i><a href="/wiki/Origin_(Dan_Brown_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin (Dan Brown novel)">Origin</a></i>, on October 3, 2017. It is the fifth book in his <a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)" title="Robert Langdon (book series)"><i>Robert Langdon</i> series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reception">Reception<span class="anchor" id="Criticism"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="Criticism of The Da Vinci Code">Criticism of The Da Vinci Code</a></div> <p>Brown's prose style has been criticized as clumsy,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> being described as "committing style and word choice blunders in almost every paragraph".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 2005 documentary for Channel 4, <i>The Real Da Vinci Code</i>, author and presenter Tony Robinson criticised both the accuracy of the author's historic research and the writing itself, considering the book to be not particularly well written. Much of the criticism was centered on Brown's claim in his preface that the novel is based on fact in relation to <a href="/wiki/Opus_Dei" title="Opus Dei">Opus Dei</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Priory_of_Sion" title="Priory of Sion">Priory of Sion</a>, and that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in [the] novel are accurate".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Influences_and_habits">Influences and habits</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Influences and habits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to Sidney Sheldon, Brown has been quite vocal about a number of other literary influences who have inspired his writing. Recurring elements that Brown prefers to incorporate into his novels include a simple hero pulled out of their familiar setting and thrust into a new one with which they are unfamiliar, an attractive female sidekick/ love interest, foreign travel, imminent danger from a pursuing villain, antagonists who have a disability or genetic disorder, and a 24-hour time frame in which the story takes place.<sup id="cite_ref-Themes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Themes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's work is heavily influenced by academic <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Campbell" title="Joseph Campbell">Joseph Campbell</a>, who wrote extensively on mythology and religion and was highly influential in the field of screenwriting. Brown also states he based the character of Robert Langdon on Campbell.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Director <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a> appears to be another key influence on Brown. Like Hitchcock, the writer favors suspense-laden plots involving an innocent middle-aged man pursued by deadly foes, glamorous foreign settings, key scenes set in tourist destinations, a cast of wealthy and eccentric characters, young and curvaceous female sidekicks, Catholicism and <a href="/wiki/MacGuffins" class="mw-redirect" title="MacGuffins">MacGuffins</a>. Brown does his writing in his loft. He told fans that he uses <a href="/wiki/Inversion_therapy" title="Inversion therapy">inversion therapy</a> to help with <a href="/wiki/Writer%27s_block" title="Writer's block">writer's block</a>. He uses <a href="/wiki/Gravity_boots" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity boots">gravity boots</a> and says, "hanging upside down seems to help me solve plot challenges by shifting my entire perspective".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Copyright_infringement_cases">Copyright infringement cases</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Copyright infringement cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2005 author <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Perdue" title="Lewis Perdue">Lewis Perdue</a> unsuccessfully sued Brown for <a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">plagiarism</a>, on the basis of claimed similarity between <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> and his novels, <i>The Da Vinci Legacy</i> (1983) and <i>Daughter of God</i> (2000). Judge <a href="/wiki/George_B._Daniels" title="George B. Daniels">George B. Daniels</a> said, in part: "A reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> is substantially similar to <i>Daughter of God</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2006 Brown's publisher, <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a>, won a <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> case brought by authors <a href="/wiki/Michael_Baigent" title="Michael Baigent">Michael Baigent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Leigh_(author)" title="Richard Leigh (author)">Richard Leigh</a>, who claimed that Brown stole ideas from their 1982 book <i><a href="/wiki/Holy_Blood_Holy_Grail" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Blood Holy Grail">Holy Blood Holy Grail</a></i> for his 2003 novel <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>. It was in the book <i>Holy Blood Holy Grail</i> that Baigent, Leigh, and co-author <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lincoln" title="Henry Lincoln">Henry Lincoln</a> had advanced the theory that Jesus and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a> married and had a child and that the bloodline continues to this day. Brown apparently alluded to the two authors' names in his book. <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Teabing" class="mw-redirect" title="Leigh Teabing">Leigh Teabing</a>, a lead character in both the novel and the film, uses Leigh's name as the first name, and anagrammatically derives his last name from Baigent's. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Smith_(judge)" title="Peter Smith (judge)">Mr Justice Peter Smith</a> found in Brown's favor in the case, and as a private amusement, embedded his own <a href="/wiki/Smithy_code" title="Smithy code">Smithy code</a> in the written judgment.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 28, 2007, Brown's publisher, <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a>, won an appeal <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> case. The <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal of England and Wales">Court of Appeal of England and Wales</a> rejected the efforts from Baigent and Leigh, who became liable for paying legal expenses of nearly US$6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown has been sued twice in U.S. federal courts by the author Jack Dunn, who claims Brown copied a huge part of his book <i>The Vatican Boys</i> to write <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> (2006–07) and <i>Angels & Demons</i> (2011–12). Both lawsuits were not allowed to go to a jury trial and Jack Dunn claims the judge in both cases benefited from his decisions by becoming an author published and supported by people associated with Random House, Dan Brown's publisher. In 2017, in London, another claim was begun against Brown by Jack Dunn who claimed that justice was not served in the U.S. lawsuits.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charity_work">Charity work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charity work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2004, Brown and his siblings donated US$2.2 million to <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a> in honor of their father, to set up the Richard G. Brown Technology Endowment to help "provide computers and high-tech equipment for students in need".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 14, 2011, Dan and his wife, Blythe Newlon Brown, created an eponymous scholarship fund to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his graduation from Amherst College. It is a permanently endowed scholarship fund that provides financial aid to students at Amherst, with preference given to incoming students with an interest in writing.<sup id="cite_ref-Amherst8.12_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amherst8.12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 16, 2016, Brown donated US$337,000 to the <a href="/wiki/Ritman_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritman Library">Ritman Library</a> in Amsterdam to digitize a collection of ancient books.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown and his wife, Blythe Newlon, were supporters of the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Charitable_Foundation" title="New Hampshire Charitable Foundation">New Hampshire Charitable Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Walters-OKeeffe_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-OKeeffe-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, after 21 years of marriage, Brown and his wife acrimoniously divorced, with the financial settlement still to be concluded due to Brown's alleged infidelities during the latter part of their marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2021, the couple agreed to settle the lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stand-alone_novels">Stand-alone novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Stand-alone novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Fortress" title="Digital Fortress">Digital Fortress</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deception_Point" title="Deception Point">Deception Point</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Robert_Langdon_series"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon" title="Robert Langdon">Robert Langdon</a> series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Robert Langdon series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)" title="Robert Langdon (book series)">Robert Langdon (book series)</a></div> <ol><li><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons" title="Angels & Demons">Angels & Demons</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Brown_novel)" title="Inferno (Brown novel)">Inferno</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Origin_(Brown_novel)" title="Origin (Brown novel)">Origin</a></i> (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-Origin_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Origin-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children's_books"><span id="Children.27s_books"></span>Children's books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Children's books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wild_Symphony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wild Symphony (page does not exist)">Wild Symphony</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Brown's novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code">The Da Vinci Code</a></i> was released as <a href="/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film)" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">a film</a> by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a>, with director <a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a>. It was widely anticipated and launched the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a>, though it received overall poor reviews. It currently has a 26% rating at the film review aggregator website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, derived from 165 negative reviews of the 214 counted.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later listed as one of the worst films of 2006 on <i><a href="/wiki/Ebert_%26_Roeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebert & Roeper">Ebert & Roeper</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also the second highest-grossing film of the year, pulling in US$750 million worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown was listed as one of the executive producers of the film <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, and also created additional codes for the film. One of his songs, "Phiano", which Brown wrote and performed, was listed as part of the film's soundtrack. In the film, Brown and his wife can be seen in the background of one of the early book signing scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next film, <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons_(film)" title="Angels & Demons (film)">Angels & Demons</a></i>, was released on May 15, 2009, with Howard and Hanks returning. It, too, garnered mostly negative reviews, though critics were kinder to it than to its predecessor. As of July 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it has a 37% meta-rating at <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Filmmakers expressed interest in adapting <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lost Symbol (film)">The Lost Symbol</a></i> into a film as well.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The screenplay was written by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Strong" title="Danny Strong">Danny Strong</a>, with pre-production expected to begin in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes1_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes1-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a January 2013 article in <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> the final draft of the screenplay was due sometime in February.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes1_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes1-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2013, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures" title="Sony Pictures">Sony Pictures</a> announced they would instead adapt <i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Brown_novel)" title="Inferno (Brown novel)">Inferno</a></i> for an October 14, 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> release date with <a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a> as director, <a href="/wiki/David_Koepp" title="David Koepp">David Koepp</a> adapting the screenplay and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hanks" title="Tom Hanks">Tom Hanks</a> reprising his role as Robert Langdon. <i>Inferno</i> was released on October 28, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imagine_Entertainment" title="Imagine Entertainment">Imagine Entertainment</a> was announced in 2014 to produce a television series based on <i>Digital Fortress</i>, written by Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Dan Brown's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i> was adapted into <a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol_(TV_series)" title="The Lost Symbol (TV series)">a television series</a> repositioned as an origin story for Brown's Robert Langdon character with Ashley Zukerman playing Langdon.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ran on the streaming service <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a> for one season.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Brown&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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