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Brown, Dan

Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and wrote textbooks, and his mother was a cantor. Both were active in their local Episcopalian church. Their three sons inherited their mother’s love of music and their father’s interest in puzzles, mysticism, ciphers and codes; there is an abundance of these in Dan Brown’s books...

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Molly Cates

Gender: Female

A competent professional middle-aged investigative crime journalist, single mother and author. Molly Cates is primarily driven by a strong passion for justice. She works hard at her job, and even though she is attractive and men like her, all of her relationships have quickly broken up. One reason for this – according to author Mary Willis Walker – is that Cates is convinced that her father has be...

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