Literary Birthday – 22 June – Dan Brown

Happy Birthday, Dan Brown, born on 22 June 1964.

Dan Brown Quotes

1. I don’t start writing until I have a very solid outline. Or else I’d get to the end and find out there is no ending, and that I just wasted three years of my life. The Da Vinci Code outline was a hundred pages. This one was probably about the same.
2. Shakespeare is in my idea file, and has been for a long long time. Clearly the identity of Shakespeare has been debated and that’s a fascinating subject.
3. I try to write books that are mainstream that simultaneously educate, that simultaneously show people art and literature that they might not otherwise be interested in.
4. I don’t know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. I’m somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.
5. I find the most interesting villains [are] those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons — either one is interesting. I love the grey area between right and wrong.

Dan Brown is a bestselling American author. His books have been translated into 56 languages and sold over 250 million copies. The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Inferno, and The lost Symbol have been adapted into films. His novels are essentially treasure hunts that usually take place over a 24-hour period and center on recurring themes of cryptography, art, and conspiracy theories. In 2025, Brown published the sixth book in the Robert Langdon series, The Secret of Secrets. Visit his website. Follow him on Instagram.

Source for Image: Dan Brown’s Press Kit

by Amanda Patterson
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