Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie
Michael Baigent(along with Richard Leigh) is the bestselling author ofHoly Blood, Holy GrailandThe Temple and the Lodge, and ofThe Messianic Legacy.  He was born in New Zealand in 1948. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from  Canterbury University, Christchurch, and a master of arts degree in mysticism and religious experience from the University of Kent, England. Since 1976 he has lived in England with his wife and children.Richard Leighwas a novelist and short story writer born  in New Jersey to a British father and an American mother. Leigh  earned a BA from Tufts University, a master’s degree from the  University of Chicago, and a PhD from the State University of  New York at Stony Brook. He died in 2007.