Exeter
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Author Dan Brown was born in Exeter where his father taught at Phillips Exeter Academy and the family lived on the grounds of the school. He graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1982 and became an English teacher at his alma mater in 1993. In 1996, Brown quit teaching to become a full time writer. Digital Fortress was published in 1998, Angels and Demons in 2000, Deception Point in 2001, and The Da Vinci Code in 2003.