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Richard Leigh (author)

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Richard Leigh (August 16,1943 – November 21, 2007) was a novelist and short story writer born in New Jersey who spent most of his life in England. Author with Michael Baigent and Henry Lincoln, of the best-seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982) and its sequel The Messianic Legacy. 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. In February 2006, Leigh and Baigent filed a lawsuit against publisher Random House, claiming the novel The Da Vinci Code plagiarized material from The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. On 7 April 2006, High Court judge Peter Smith rejected the copyright-infringement claim by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, and Dan Brown won the court case. Leigh regarded himself primarily as a writer of fiction. Two books of Leigh's fictional works have been published since 2005, Erceldoune & Other Stories (2006, ISBN 978-1-4116-9943-4), and Grey Magic (2007, ISBN 978-0-6151-3733-9). He died on 21 November 2007 in London from causes related to a heart condition.

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The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982) - with Michael Baigent and Henry Lincoln
The Messianic Legacy (1986) - with Michael Baigent and Henry Lincoln
The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception (1991) - with Michael Baigent
The Temple and the Lodge (1991) - with Michael Baigent
Secret Germany (1994) - with Michael Baigent
The Elixir and the Stone (1997) - with Michael Baigent
The Inquisition (1999) - with Michael Baigent
Erceldoune & Other Stories (2006)
Grey Magic (2007)