Michael Cordy is a British novelist. He was born in Ghana and spent much of his childhood abroad. He was educated in Britain at The King's School, Canterbury, Leicester University and the University of Durham. After ten years in marketing and advertising he gave up a lucrative career to write novels. His first, The Miracle Strain was published in 1997. Disney bought the film rights for $1.6 million and the novel reached no. 5 in The Sunday Times Bestseller list. it has since been published in more than twenty-five languages and over forty countries.

He is the author of four books, all of which have since been republished with new titles: The Messiah Code (originally The Miracle Strain), The Lucifer Code (originally Lucifer), the Crime Code (originally Crime Zero), and The Venus Conspiracy (originally True).

His latest book, "The Source" was published in the UK in August 2008. Warner Bros. have optioned the film rights.

He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

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