Dan Brown Tahiti in 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon's novel "The Doomsday Conspiracy", and was inspired to become a writer of thrillers. He started work on "Digital Fortress", setting much of it in Seville, where he had studied in 1985. He also co-wrote a humor book with his wife, "187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman", under the pseudonym "Danielle Brown". The book's author profile reads, "Danielle Brown currently lives in New England: teaching school, writing books, and avoiding men." The copyright is attributed to Brown. In 1996 Brown quit teaching to become a full-time writer. "Digital
Jennifer Brown (author) Jennifer Brown (author) Jennifer Ann Brown (born May 11, 1972) is an American writer best known for teen fiction including her debut novel "Hate List" (2009). At least from 2013 she also writes fiction under the name Jennifer Brown. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brown lives there with her husband and three children as of 2014. She was once a humor columnist for "The Kansas City Star", in which she won the Erma Bombeck Global Humor Award in 2005 and 2006. Brown now also writes fiction for pre-teens. The Library of Congress classifies these stories by subject (LCSH) as astronomy