The Dan Brown Enigma (32 page)

 
[37]
 
IBID

 
[38]
 
Walters cites a quote from David Shugarts, author of
The Dan Brown Revelations
published in
The Secretes of the Code
edited by Dan Burstein, a book aimed at explaining some of the mysteries in
The Da Vinci Code
. Walters quotes Shugarts as saying that ‘Blythe paints and sculpts and Dan always put out an image of her engrossed in marble dust and the smell of oils in their house, but I do not know a single soul who has seen her art,’ from an article,
How Dan Brown’s wife unlocked the code to bestseller success
, by Joanna Walters and Alice O’Keeffe, published in the
Observer
, 12 March 2006. Could this be Dan Brown stretching the facts to portray a more enhanced truth for the media?

 
[39]
 
From Lisa Rogak’s book

 
[40]
 
The Witness Statement
, the
Digital Fortress
section

 
[41]
 
This quote comes from an article,
How Dan Brown’s wife unlocked the code to bestseller success
, by Joanna Walters and Alice O’Keeffe, published in the
Observer
, 12 March 2006

 
[42]
 
Lisa Rogak states in her book,
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography

 
[43]
 
The quote is found in Brown’s
Witness Statement
paragraphs 66-68

 
[44]
 
According to Brown’s
Witness Statement
, he and Blythe spent a lot of time criss-crossing the country in their car trying to sell copies of
Angels & Demons

 
[45]
 
Rogak quoting Brown from an interview he did with Craig MacDonald

 
[46]
 
See
The Witness Statement
by Dan Brown, this quote and the preceding few come from the section on researching
The Da Vinci Code

 
[47]
 
This quote and the one before it come from
The Witness Statement,
paragraphs 108 and 111 respectively

 
[48]
 
See
The Witness Statement
, the section on Researching The Da Vinci Code

 
[49]
 
Paragraphs 113-114 of
The Witness Statement

 
[50]
 
Life After ‘The Da Vinci Code’
, by James Kaplan, published on Parade.com on 09/13/2009

 
[51]
 
The Dan Brown Revelations
, by David Shugarts, published in
Secrets of the Code
, edited by Dan Burstein, CDS Books, 2006 p. 363

 
[52]
 
The Witness Statement
, paragraph 154 on how Brown and Blythe work well together

 
[53]
 
IBID

 
[54]
 
The opening quote and the subsequent quotes in this paragraph are from
The Witness Statement
Brown made for the plagiarism trial that took place in the Old Bailey

 
[55]
 
Interview with Dan Brown, by Claire E. White, posted on the
Internet Writing Journal
,
www.internetwritingjournal.com
, published by Writers Write Inc. 1997-2010

 
[56]
 
Digital Fortress
Review, by Tony Bradley, posted on the web pages of About.Com/Internet Security on Sunday 15 August 2004

 
[57]
 
Digital Fortress Review
, by Claire E. White, published in the May 1998 edition of
The Internet Writing Journal

 
[58]
 
Reviewed by Rashmi Srinivas for
Curled Up With A Good Book
, published in 2004

 
[59]
 
See the interview of Dan Brown by Claire E. White

 
[60]
 
This review was posted on the
Indiareads
website on 22 June 2010 and can be found at indiareads.com

 
[61]
 
See the review in it’s entirety on the politics and current affairs forum at
www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk

 
[62]
 
These fi gures were posted on January 7 2005 on
The Times Literary Supplement
web pages, Timesonline by J.C.

 
[63]
 
This quote and the subsequent quote by Brown comes from the interview with Claire E. White published on the
Internet Writing Journal

 
[64]
 
These quotes are from the book,
Digital Fortress.

 
[65]
 
Brown said this in the interview with Claire E. White

 
[66]
 
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography
, by Lisa Rogak published by Robson Books, 2005, pp45

 
[67]
 
This and the preceding quote come from Brown’s
Witness Statement

 
[68]
 
A Collision of Indiana Jones and Joseph Campbell
, by Craig McDonald, published in
Secrets of the Code
, edited by Dan Burstein, CDS Books, 2006 pp 334

 
[69]
 
See the Review of
Digital Fortress
by Rashmi Srinivas for
Curled Up With a Good Book

 
[70]
 
This is part of a review by A. Edge, on the
Amazon
UK website published August 2007

 
[71]
 
Digital Fortress Review
, by Magda Healey, published to the
Bookbag
web pages, July 2004

 
[72]
 
Brown said this in the Claire White interview on
Internet Writing Journal

 
[73]
 
IBID

 
[74]
 
IBID

 
[75]
 
The Witness Statement
,
Digital Fortress
section, paragraphs 20 to 30

 
[76]
 
The quotes on pages 69, 70 and this quote all come from the
Angels & Demons
section of Brown’s
Witness Statement

 
[77]
 
Brown discussed this during his interview in late spring 2003 with Craig McDonald which appears in McDonald’s book
Art in The Blood
, published by J T Lindroos for Wildside Press, 2006 pp 129-138

 
[78]
 
IBID

 
[79]
 
The Witness Statement
,
Angels & Demons
section, paragraph 63

 
[80]
 
IBID

 
[81]
 
From an interview conducted online at
Bookbrowse
, published in 2001, at
www.bookbrowse.com

 
[82]
 
This information comes from the
Bookbrowse
2001 interview about
Angels& Demons
with Brown

 
[83]
 
See the 2001 interview with Brown on
Bookbrowse
web pages

 
[84]
 
IBID

 
[85]
 
See the
Angels & Demons
section of Brown’s
Witness Statement

 
[86]
 
This quote comes from Lisa Rogak’s unauthorised biography of Dan Brown

 
[87]
 
See the 2001
Bookbrowse
interview with Brown

 
[88]
 
From the
Bookbrowse
interview on
Angels & Demons

 
[89]
 
IBID

 
[90]
 
IBID

 
[91]
 
The quotes from the preceding two paragraphs and from this one are from the
Angels & Demons
section of Brown’s
Witness Statement
, paragraphs 55 -57

 
[92]
 
The plot summary list here is based on the synopsis for the
Angels & Demons
entry published on Wikipedia, 02 October 2010

 
[93]
 
Review of
Angels & Demons,
by Kelly Flynn, published on
Amazon,
under the Editorial Review section of this listing of
Angels & Demons

 
[94]
 
Angels & Demons
review by Douglas Richardson, published on
Amazon
, 23 July 2005

 
[95]
 
Amazing. Angels & Demons
review, published on
Amazon
on 11 October 2010

 
[96]
 
Oh Dear Me… Angels & Demons
review, by S. Glover, published on
Amazon
on 25 October 2005

 
[97]
 
Demonically awful…Angels & Demons
review, by J. Macdonald, published on
Amazon
, 22 March 2010

 
[98]
 
Awesome Book, Angels & Demons
, four-star review, by J. Djumpah, published on
Amazon
12 August 2010

 
[99]
 
These inaccuracies are mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for
Angels & Demons

[100]
 
The Witness Statement, Angels & Demons
section

[101]
 
IBID

[102]
 
Ice Station Zebra
, by Alistair MacLean, published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1963 quote from the opening paragraph of the book

[103]
 
The Witness Statement
,
Deception Point
section, paragraph 71. Note that this section on his third novel is the shortest of all the sections.

[104]
 
This quote, the one from the preceding paragraph and the one in the following paragraph are from Brown’s
Witness Statement
, the
Deception Point
section describing how he came up with the ideas and wrote the book

[105]
 
Deception Point
Review, by Joe Hartlaub, published on
Bookreporter.com

[106]
 
Deception Point
Review, published on the
Bookbrowser.com
web pages, 2002

[107]
 
Deception Point
Review, published on the Barnes & Noble web pages, 2006

[108]
 
Deception Point
Review, by Joseph L. Carlson, Allan Hancock, published by the
Library Journal
and placed on the Barnes & Noble website 2006

[109]
 
Deceived? Yes Indeed.., Deception Point
Review, by G. Battle published on
Amazon
, 11 April 2006

[110]
 
Deceptive To A Point, Deception Point Review
, published on
Ciao.co.uk
web pages, 30 March 2005 and while it appears to be a review from an amateur reviewer it is insightful and very comprehensive and worth taking into account here.

[111]
 
This quote and the following information are from the
Deception Point
section of Brown’s comprehensive
Witness Statement

[112]
 
IBID

[113]
 
Interview with Dan Brown, published on
Bookreporter.com
20 March 2007

[114]
 
See Lisa Rogak’s book,
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography
p. 83

[115]
 
The Witness Statement, The Da Vinci Code
section

[116]
 
From Lisa Rogak’s book p. 78

[117]
 
The facts in this paragraph are detailed in Lisa Rogak’s book, p. 78

[118]
 
IBID pp80-81

[119]
 
An Evening With Dan Brown
, New Hampshire Writers’ Project, The Capitol Center for the Performing Arts, Concord, New Hampshire, 18 May 2004

[120]
 
The quotes and information in this paragraph and the three paragraphs before it all come from the interview published on
Bookreporter.com
on 20 March 2003

[121]
 
Good Morning America
, Brown did an interview with Matt Lauer for the NBC morning programme in March 2004

[122]
 
Brown said this during his talk to the New Hampshire Writers’ Project at Concord New Hampshire

[123]
 
The Witness Statement
, paragraph 156

[124]
 
See the interview published in
Bookreporter.com
on 20 March 2003

[125]
 
See James Kaplan’s
Life After ‘The Da Vinci Code’
which can be found at
www.parade.com

[126]
 
See Lisa Rogak’s
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography
, p. 87