Dec 23, 2009

Angels and Demons | Biography

After attending Phillips Exeter Academy and Amherst College, Dan Brown moved from New England to California, pursuing a career in music. Brown’s first publication was not fiction but a self-produced album of children’s music. He also met his future wife, Blythe Newlon, in Hollywood. The pair moved back to New Hampshire in 1993, and Brown started teaching English at his old high school.

In the mid-1990s, after recording another album, Brown shifted his focus to writing. Brown’s first novel, Digital Fortress (1998), a thriller involving the National Security Agency,...