Dan Brown

Dan Brown is an American novelist known for fast-paced thrillers that combine secret societies, religious history, codes, and conspiracies.

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The Da Vinci Code: A 2003 thriller in which symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a murder and a conspiracy tied to the Holy Grail. Its immense success made Brown a global bestseller and brought his puzzle-driven style to a broad audience.
Robert Langdon: A fictional Harvard professor of symbology who investigates mysteries in several Dan Brown novels. Langdon links Brown's major thrillers through a recurring expert protagonist.
Sonia Brown: An American art historian and musician who collaborated with Dan Brown on an early children's book. She co-created Brown's 1995 book 187 Men to Avoid.
The Da Vinci Code controversy: Public disputes over the historical and religious claims presented in Dan Brown's 2003 novel. The controversy made the novel's treatment of Christian history a subject of widespread debate.
Umberto Eco: An Italian novelist and scholar whose fiction often explores signs, interpretation, history, and intellectual life. Eco's learned, layered novels offer a distinct approach to historical mysteries and symbols.
Angels & Demons: A 2000 thriller in which Robert Langdon investigates an apparent Illuminati plot against the Vatican. This earlier Langdon novel established the blend of art, science, codes, and religious intrigue later associated with Brown.
Conspiracy fiction: A genre of fiction in which secret groups or concealed plots shape major events. Brown's novels use hidden organizations and suppressed knowledge as engines of suspense.
Jason Kaufman: An American editor and publisher associated with Dan Brown's books at Doubleday. His editorial relationship with Brown helped bring the Langdon novels to publication.
The Da Vinci Code film: A 2006 film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. Its international release extended the novel's reach and renewed disputes about its religious themes.
Arthur Conan Doyle: A British writer who created Sherlock Holmes and helped establish the modern detective story. Doyle's clue-based mysteries provide a classic detective-fiction counterpart to Brown's action-driven investigations.