Dan Brown


Biography

Life Events

1990

Released self-produced album Perspective under his own record company Dalliance

1991

Moved to Hollywood, CA to pursue career as singer-songwriter and pianist; also began teaching at Beverly Hills Preparatory School

1993

Released self-titled album

1995

Co-wrote humor book 187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman with wife Blythe Newlon

1996

Quit teaching to become full-time writer

1998

Published first novel Digital Fortress

2000

Introduced popular recurring character, symbology expert Robert Langdon in mystery thriller Angels & Demons

2003

Topped The New York Times Best Seller list with controversial novel The Da Vinci Code, which also featured Robert Langdon character

2006

Made executive producing debut with feature adaptation "The Da Vinci Code," directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon

2009

Director Howard and star Hanks returned for feature adaptation "Angels & Demons"; also executive produced

2009

Published third Langdon novel The Lost Symbol

2013

Announced publication of fourth Langdon novel Inferno

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