Dan Brown is an American author best known for his thriller novels, such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. He has sold over 200 million copies of his books, which have been translated into 56 languages. DAN Brown was born in 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire and graduated from Amherst College in 1986. He is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Digital Fortress, Deception Point, and Inferno.