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
Dan Kennedy (author) Dan Kennedy (author) Dan Kennedy is an American author, stage performer, and host of The Moth storytelling podcast in New York. Kennedy's writing first gained attention at McSweeney's, a literary website and quarterly journal. He then started performing on stage with New York-based storytelling collective The Moth in 2000, going on to become a host of the popular live events and podcast. In 2003 he published his first book, "Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation," with Random House. He followed his debut collection with a memoir in 2008 entitled "Rock On: An Office Power