Brendan DuBois

Biography DuBois was born and raised in Dover, New Hampshire, graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School located there, and then graduated from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1982. In the 1982 edition of the UNH yearbook, The Granite, he wrote that he had been afflicted with a rare form of cancer, ependymoma of the filum terminale. After graduating from college, DuBois spent a year as a newspaper reporter. and in 1995. As of 2015, he was married and living in Exeter, New Hampshire. His first novel, Dead Sand, was published in 1994. The 12th book in his novel series featuring protagonist Lewis Cole, Terminal Surf, was published in June 2024.

DuBois was the champion on the September 28, 2012, episode of Jeopardy! and defeated "The Beast" on the February 24, 2015, episode of The Chase.

Child pornography possession conviction On July 10, 2024, DuBois was arrested in Exeter, New Hampshire, and charged with six felony counts of possession of child pornography. He was arraigned the next day and held at the Rockingham County Jail.