Behind every great male writer …

This week Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, revealed that his wife Blythe helps him write his bestsellers. It puts him in good company, writes Hadley Freeman.

Hadley says In the ongoing courtcase involving allegations that Brown stole most of his ideas for The Da Vinci Code from another book, the most memorable revelation so far – aside from the fact that more than one person would actually want to put their name to books with such plots – has been that Brown’s wife, Blythe, has been doing much of his work for him.