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
Don Brown (author) U.S. Navy JAG officer, Brown was appointed Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. Brown is author of Zondervan's Navy Justice Series: including "Treason" (2005), "Hostage" (2005), "Defiance" (2006), and "Black Sea Affair", released in 2008. His fifth novel, "Malacca Conspiracy", a novel in which terrorists launch attacks against oil tankers in the Malacca Straights, was released in 2010. Brown's sixth novel, "Thunder in the Morning Calm", a novel that explores the question of whether American servicemen who were listed as MIAs may still be alive in North Korea from the Korean War, was released in