Richard Leigh (born 1943) is a novelist and short story writer born in New Jersey and currently living in England. with Michael Baigent and Henry Lincoln, of the best-seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982). 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.

References

• egoetia.com - official website of Richard Leigh

1943 births | American novelists | American short story writers | English novelists | English short story writers | Living people

Richard Leigh