丹·布朗（DanBrown, 1964- ），美國暢銷作傢。畢業於阿默斯特學院，曾是一名英語教師。1996年開始寫作，先後推齣瞭《數字城堡》、《詭計》和《天使程序》3部小說，均取得瞭不錯的銷售成績，其中以《天使程序》最為成功，奠定瞭他在小說界的地位。《達・芬奇密碼》是他的第4部作品，齣版後成為有史以來最為暢銷的小說之一。布朗的作品已被翻譯成多種文字，在世界範圍內廣為流傳。

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating newweapon of destruction. An unthinkable target.World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb， Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts， dangerous catacombs， deserted cathedrals， and the most secretive vault on earth . . . the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.BEFORE THE DA VINCI CODE WAS BROKEN，THE WORLD LAY AT THE MERCY OF ANGELS & DEMONS