Dan Brown wants your kids to read Da Vinci Code, announces YA version

Dan Brown wants to let younger readers in on the secret. The million-selling author is working on a young adult version of his blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, the US and UK children’s divisions of Random House announced Wednesday.

Thrilled to announce that a Young Adult Adaptation of The Da Vinci Code will be available in September: https://t.co/mY2jhVKf7L

— Dan Brown (@AuthorDanBrown) May 18, 2016

First published in 2003, Brown’s thriller about conspiracies and cults has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks. Brown, whose book comes out in September, said in a statement that he hoped the new edition would give young people “the same thrill of discovery” that he gets from the “mysteries of the world we live in.”

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Numerous authors have adapted their works for the thriving young adult market, among them Lauren Hillenbrand (”Unbroken”) and Jon Meacham (”Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher”).

Dan Brown’s latest Robert Langdon novel is Inferno, which has been adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks due later this year.

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First Published: May 18, 2016 21:09 IST