Question: Facts: - death place: london , england - known for: co-author '' '' the holy blood and the holy grail - birth name: richard harris leigh - death date: 21 november 2007 - relations: liz astrologer greene -lrb- sister -rrb- , an author and - education: b.a. university of new york at stony brook . tufts university m.s. university of chicago ph.d. state - birth date: 16 august 1943 - name: richard leigh - birth place: new jersey - alma mater: tufts university - occupation: author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard leigh -lrb- author -rrb- .
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richard harris leigh -lrb- 16 august 1943 -- 21 november 2007 -rrb- was a novelist and short story writer born in new jersey , united states to a british father and an american mother , who spent most of his life in the uk .leigh earned a ba from tufts university , a master 's degree from the university of chicago , and a ph.d. from the state university of new york at stony brook .