Birth Name: | Daniel Gerhard Brown |
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Birth Place: | Exeter, New Hampshire, USA |
Birth Sign: | Cancer |
Spouse: | Blythe Newlon |
Height: | 5 Feet 9 Inch (1.75 m) |
Weight: | 150 lbs |
Ethnicity: | White |
Eye Color: | Blue |
Hair Color: | White |
Date of Birth: | 22/06/1964 |
Age: | 60 years old |
Nationality: | American |
Net Worth: | $178 million |
College: | Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy |
An author Daniel Brown is critically acclaimed for his thrilling words and writing style and was listed as the first best-selling author in the New York in 2013. Along with this, in 2005, he was named first in the 100 Most Influential People in the World in Time Magazine.
The nonfiction book author Daniel’s other notable work includes his novels The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Origin. His main motto as a writer is to compile the historical, religious events to life as accurately as he can. His novel is popular among readers as the subject of intellectual debate.
Daniel Gerhard Brown was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, the USA on June 22, 1964. His father is a mathematics teacher in Philips Exeter Academy and mother is a church organist and a musician.
Growing up, Daniel spent most of his childhood playing with words surrounded by paradoxical philosophies of science and religion. Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy.
Since the age of five, first after listening to the Danny and Dinosaurs by mother, Brown begun to give more interest in words. During his high school career, Daniel developed a personal interest with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. And eventually Brown formed the backdrop for his novels and books.
Prior to selecting the writing profession as a full-time job, he taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford. Successively, Daniel set 24-hour period for writing words featuring the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, codes, symbols and conspiracy theories.
Brown is bringing unique talent to the crucial chapter of the American history including historical themes and Christianity as motifs. In 1998, he published Digital Fortress, where his wife Blythe promote his novel.
Subsequently, Brown authored multiple novels including Deception Point (2001), Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), The Da Vinci Code- Young Adult Edition (2016), and Origin (2017).
The Da Vinci Code, his fourth book became a bestseller, going to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list during the year 2003. It was one of the famous books of all time.
Later in 2004, at the same week, his all four novels were on the top of New York Times lists.
Individually, Brown was also listed in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the year in 2005. Additionally, Forbes magazine placed Brown at No. 12 on their 2005 Celebrity 100 list.
Daniel Brown books sold with 81 million copies in worldwide as of 2009. Along with this, Daniel Brown books were sold over one million in hardcore and e-book versions in the US, Canada, and the UK.
As of latest records, Brown’s novels with 200 million copies around the world is in 5languages. His novels The Da Vici Code, Angels & Demons, Inferno has the motion pictorial format.
An author Brown, in between 2012 and 2013, was the highest-paid author in the world grossing $46 million. Similarly, Daniel earning was $28 million and $13 million in the year 2014 and 2015 respectively.
According to Forbes, Brown’s fourth novel Inferno was at the number 1 on the New York York Times Best Seller list for the first 11 weeks of its release. The novel has sold more than 1.4 million copies in the United States only. Through the novel, The Da Vinci Code Brown had an earning of $28 million.
As of Forbes 2017 record, Brown is the ninth-highest paid author in the world earning worth of $20 million from the novel Origin. According to the Richest, as of April 2018, Daniel Brown’s net worth is $178 million.
In addition, he is also a producer and according to Salary, the median salary for the producer is $50, 898 normally ranging from $43,189 to $59,922. Till 2018, he worked as an executive producer under 4 films.
So, we can roughly estimate, production contributes Daniel Brown’s net worth surpassing earning more than five figures.
Since 1997, he is living with his wife Blythe Newlon and the soulmates are going well with their love-life relationship until today. His wife is an art historian and a painter.
Highest-book selling author Brown spent most of his productive time in books and novels. Waking up in the early morning, he stretches his body, does a push-up and sits calmly in order to add new ideas to his content.
Dan is his nickname. He is active on the social pages like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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