Michael Baigent (1948-2013)

Michael Baigent (1948-2013) graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, and had a master’s degree in mysticism and religious experience from the University of Kent in England. Baigent was been published in 35 languages and the author of From the Omens of Babylon, Ancient Traces, and the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Papers; coauthor of the international bestsellers Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Messianic Legacy (with Henry Lincoln and Richard Leigh); and coauthor of The Temples and the Lodge, The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception, Secret Germany, The Elixir and the Stone, and The Inquisition (with Richard Leigh).