Dan Brown is a best-selling author known for his thriller novels, such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. He was born in 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire and graduated from Amherst College in 1986. His first novel, Digital Fortress, was published in 1998 and he has since become one of the world's most popular authors. His books have sold over 200 million copies and have been translated into 56 languages.